USA: Bishops thank Senator Marco Rubio and Congressman LaHood for praising Catholic schools in Congress and Senate

Feb 02, 2024 23:33

ZENIT Staff

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida Photo: CNN

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Turkey: Catholic church attacked during mass. There is one dead

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has kept the population up to date through the social network X. He also warned that efforts were launched to capture the attackers.

Jan 28, 2024 23:46

Elizabeth Owens

Local Church•Pope Francis

Government of Papua New Guinea Announces Pope’s Visit to the Country

According to Justin Tkatchdenko, Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Affairs Minister, the Holy Father would visit the country for three days. Cities such as Port Moresby, the capital, and two others of the North, would be chosen for the papal visit.

Jan 26, 2024 23:15

Valentina di Giorgio

Local Church•Vocations

USA: This is how religious individuals who professed perpetual vows in 2023 are

Approximately eight out of ten respondents (82%) state that someone encouraged them to consider religious vocation. The most common sources of encouragement were the parish priest (45%), a religious sister/brother (44%), and a friend (41%).

Jan 26, 2024 22:12

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations•Young People

Ireland: after vocational winter, 15 new seminarians in the country by 2024

The fifteen new students are currently undertaking their Propaedeutic Programme in the Redemptoris Mater Seminary, Dundalk, Archdiocese of Armagh; Royal English College, Valladolid, Spain; and, Royal Scots College, Salamanca, Spain. These fifteen bring the total number of seminarians studying for the priesthood for Irish dioceses to 64.

Jan 25, 2024 23:55

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

6 kidnapped nuns freed in Haiti

The Sisters of Saint Anne and their two companions were held captive for five days after being kidnapped by unidentified gunmen on Friday, 19th January while travelling in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital.

Jan 25, 2024 23:32

Amy Balog

Pope Leo XIV assumes his role as Bishop of Rome for the second time and will ordain new priests for his diocese

The authorization, granted on March 7, clears the way for the ordination of eight future priests and seven permanent deacons who have completed the required stages of formation and examination under the diocesan commissions responsible for evaluating candidates for sacred orders

Cardinal of Iran arrives at the Vatican and meets with Pope Leo XIV after the bombing of the country and days without news of him

The Vatican has also recalled the Holy See’s diplomatic representative in Iran, the Indian priest Sebastian Febin, who had been serving as chargé d’affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature in the absence of a nuncio

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USA: Bishops thank Senator Marco Rubio and Congressman LaHood for praising Catholic schools in Congress and Senate

Panamanian cardinal of Spanish origin found: he had been missing for two days

Pope Francis to Communion and Liberation: call to unity and obedience

Collective Action Needed to Prevent the Evil of Human Trafficking, says U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman

The Future of the Catholic Church in the United States Passes Through the Hispanic Community

Pope creates new diocese in China and appoints bishop, in agreement with country’s communist government

Virgin of the migrants: the Mexican virgin (who is not Guadalupe) to become an international shrine in the Philippines

Turkey: Catholic church attacked during mass. There is one dead

Government of Papua New Guinea Announces Pope’s Visit to the Country

USA: This is how religious individuals who professed perpetual vows in 2023 are

Ireland: after vocational winter, 15 new seminarians in the country by 2024

6 kidnapped nuns freed in Haiti