Liturgical setback in India: clause in Syro-Malabar agreement takes a turn and points to schism

Jun 24, 2024 06:14

The agreement initially allowed the archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly to continue celebrating the Mass according to the pre-2021 rite

highlights a worrying increase of discrimination and hostility against Christians in the United Kingdom.

Local Church

USA: Bishops react to Biden’s plan to regulate immigration for undocumented spouses

Biden Administration’s announcement of a new program for the undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens. The program allows select individuals who have resided in the country for at least ten years to apply for parole in place, which offers access to legal work authorization and protection from removal if granted

Jun 19, 2024 17:39

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Image of Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe Weeps Blood: First Case to Be Studied after Vatican Reform

Melchor Mondragón saw the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe in his home with marks on her face on Sunday, June 2, 2024. He approached the image and saw what seemed to be red tears running down her cheeks.

Jun 19, 2024 05:54

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Gender Ideology•Local Church

Priest Denies Eucharist to Married Gay Couple and They Report Him to the Police

It remains to be seen if Spanish justice accepts the complaint, as Civil Law must be harmonized with Ecclesiastical Law.

Jun 19, 2024 05:51

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Young People

U.S. Bishops Approve New Guidelines for Pastoral Ministries with Youth and Young Adults

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, chaired by Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, developed the framework in response to “Christus vivit,” issued by Pope Francis in 2019 following the Synod on Young People

Jun 18, 2024 17:06

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Report on the state of the permanent diaconate in the U.S. Church released

The Archdiocese of Chicago had the greatest number of permanent deacons (827) followed by Galveston-Houston (346), New York (357), and Joliet in Illinois (307).

Jun 17, 2024 17:31

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV Meets with Victims of Abuse in Spain

During the conversation, which lasted almost an hour, each of those present, drawing on their own painful personal experiences, offered the Pope proposals for a more effective Church response to these tragic cases.

The Pope’s powerful homily on the Feast of Corpus Christi: may religiosity not be a museum of the past, but a school of faith from which we can draw inspiration even today

Homily by the Holy Father on the occasion of Corpus Christi in Madrid

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Liturgical setback in India: clause in Syro-Malabar agreement takes a turn and points to schism

Can a transgender person enter religious life? U.S. bishops to respond in new document

Extraordinary Apparitions in Medjugorje and An Alleged Petition of the Virgin

Vatican and China to renew agreement on bishop appointments in October

This is the way to avoid a liturgical schism in India, only Vatican approval is missing

New Survey Reveals Growing Belief Among American Catholics in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist

Revealing Report Highlights Growing Marginalization of Christians in the United Kingdom

USA: Bishops react to Biden’s plan to regulate immigration for undocumented spouses

Image of Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe Weeps Blood: First Case to Be Studied after Vatican Reform

Priest Denies Eucharist to Married Gay Couple and They Report Him to the Police

U.S. Bishops Approve New Guidelines for Pastoral Ministries with Youth and Young Adults

Report on the state of the permanent diaconate in the U.S. Church released