Italian Church responds to accusations of subsidizing illegal migration

Dec 11, 2023 23:14

ZENIT Staff

Italian Episcopal Conference At Its 74th General Assembly Photo: VaticanVa

Local Church

Poverty and mass exodus threatens future of Christianity in Syria

Syria’s Christian population declined from about 1.5 million to between 300,000-500,000 during the 12 years following the outbreak of the civil war in 2011, according to ACN’s Religious Freedom in the World Report 2023.

Dec 05, 2023 22:42

Amy Balog

Local Church

Bethlehem, Town of Jesus’ Birth, Will Not Be Celebrating Christmas: Here Is the Reason Why

Hanna Hanania, outgoing Mayor of Bethlehem, a small town in the Palestinian West Bank, said to EWTN agency in English that, “like any other Palestinian city, Bethlehem is in mourning and sad.” “We cannot celebrate while we’re in this situation,” referring to the Israel-Hamas war.

Dec 04, 2023 22:24

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

The Presidents of the German and Polish Episcopates Confront One Another Over the German Reforms

Monsignor Georg Bätzing expressed his reaction in a letter to Archbishop Gadecki The Bishop of Limburg, Germany, accuses his Polish counterpart of Poznan of “rather unbrotherly behaviour” and of “enormous overreach of his authority.” The Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita published Bishop Bätzing’s letter, dated November 21.

Dec 03, 2023 22:36

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Young People

Pope’s Secretary of State Vindicates Value of Celibacy to 600 French Seminarians

The Holy Father Francis’ Message signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, for the meeting with France’s seminarians

Dec 02, 2023 00:56

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

USA: Jews and Muslims support Catholics against LGBT law that imposes indoctrination in parish and school

The Michigan Legislature recently amended the Michigan Civil Rights Act to cover sexual orientation and gender identity but provided no protection for religious organizations that believe marriage between one man and one woman and the immutability of sex support human flourishing

Nov 29, 2023 23:49

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Italian Church responds to accusations of subsidizing illegal migration

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Poverty and mass exodus threatens future of Christianity in Syria

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USA: Jews and Muslims support Catholics against LGBT law that imposes indoctrination in parish and school