U.S. Bishops to Elect New Committee Chairmen at Plenary Assembly in November

Oct 11, 2023 13:01

ZENIT Staff

United States Episcopal Conference Photo: Vatican News

Local Church

Macao: Opening Ceremony of the «Art for God» Artworks and Spiritual Reflections Exhibition

Placing Fr. Tham’s artworks within the context of traditional Chinese philosophy and Christian spirituality, the exhibition features the traditional Chinese theme of harmony between heaven, earth and humanity in Chinese calligraphy, brush painting and seal carving, revealing the glory and mysteries of God through arts. Fr. Joseph is not only a Catholic priest, a doctor, and a professor of bioethics, but also an artist, with outstanding achievements in Chinese painting, calligraphy and seal carving

Sep 26, 2023 23:39

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Testimonies

Benedict XVI’s Biographer Defends the Deceased Pope . . . from the President of the German Bishops!

“Mr Bätzing, I urge you to cease making knowingly false statements about Benedict XVI and that you apologize for spreading falsehoods about the German Pope,” Peter Seewald requested Georg Bätzing, leader of the German Bishops

Sep 25, 2023 16:09

Rafael Llanes

Justice and Peace•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez Nominated for the Sakharov Prize for Human Rights

The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, first awarded in 1988 to Nelson Mandela and Anatoli Marchenko, is the highest tribute paid by the European Union to work in the field of human rights

Sep 22, 2023 23:14

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vatican City

Synod 2023: Two Chinese Bishops In (with Government’s Permission), Cardinal Ladaria Out

Valentina di Giorgio (ZENIT News / Rome, 22.09.2023).- There were two surprises in the list of participants in the Synod on Synodality, which the Holy See Press Office published on Thursday, September 21. The first was the names of two Bishops of […]

Sep 22, 2023 23:11

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Ukraine: Caritas warehouse targeted and destroyed with drones

Pope Francis denounced the use of conventional weapons against civilian targets in a message to Ghanian Cardinal Peter Turkson following the drone strike.

Sep 22, 2023 23:02

ZENIT Staff

U.S. Bishops to Elect New Committee Chairmen at Plenary Assembly in November

Professors of the United States, Spain and Italy Are Recipients in the Vatican of the Expanded Reason Awards, Stemming from Ratzinger’s Proposal of An Open Reason

Vatican-Vietnam Agreement Comes into Force: Pope Francis Sends Letter to Vietnamese Catholics

Iraq: Archbishop speaks of grief after 100 killed in wedding fire

German Catholics Donated 673 Million Euros to Projects Worldwide

[Interview] Pope’s Nuncio in the USA Talks about the Synod: People Will Come with Their Own Agenda; The Role of the Pope Will Be to State

Cardinal Sako, Patriarch of Chaldean Catholics Says: “I’m Disappointed by the Holy See’s Position”

Macao: Opening Ceremony of the «Art for God» Artworks and Spiritual Reflections Exhibition

Benedict XVI’s Biographer Defends the Deceased Pope . . . from the President of the German Bishops!

Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez Nominated for the Sakharov Prize for Human Rights

Synod 2023: Two Chinese Bishops In (with Government’s Permission), Cardinal Ladaria Out

Ukraine: Caritas warehouse targeted and destroyed with drones