Holy Land: Boosting pastoral work despite growing anti-Christian discrimination

Aug 10, 2023 05:41

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Photo: Aid to the Church in Need

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Archbishops demand West lift sanctions crippling Christian community

Archbishop Jacques Mourad of Homs, west Syria, said that the embargo imposed by western nations negatively impacts the general population and Christians in particular, while having no effect on the government, its intended target.

Jul 27, 2023 15:27

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Local Church

Christians in India Suffer More Than Two Attacks a Day

In the first half of the year, 400 episodes of violence have taken place.

Jul 27, 2023 15:22

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Dicasteries•Local Church

Will the German Synodal Way Continue? German Bishops and Cardinals of the Curia Meet for Further Discussions

According to official sources, the meeting took place in a positive and constructive climate. The Press Office of the Holy See and the German Bishops’ Conference issued a joint statement.

Jul 26, 2023 14:20

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Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Sudan: Christians facing choice between fleeing and hardship

Father Naranjo said that most Catholic missionaries have opted to stay and support their faithful, adding that many lay Christians have fled to safer regions – including the South Sudanese, comprising most of Sudan’s Catholic population, who have returned to South Sudan in droves.

Jul 26, 2023 02:55

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Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Burundi: Church promoting peace to prevent another genocide

Mr François-Marsal said that Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye acknowledged the “major role” the Vatican had played “in the peace process and reconciliation of the Burundian people, and these efforts have borne the fruits of a fragile peace”.

Jul 26, 2023 02:51

ZENIT Staff

Photo Gallery: Leo XIV Now Has An Official Mosaic to Enrich St. Paul’s Basilica, and This Is How He Reacted When It Was Shown to Him

Just over eight months after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican Mosaic Workshop has completed the mosaic portrait for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, at the request of the Archpriest of the Basilica, Cardinal James Michael Harvey.

How Jesus Christ transforms man’s relationship with God, according to Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s general audience, January 14, 2026, on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation

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Holy Land: Boosting pastoral work despite growing anti-Christian discrimination

U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Rejects Distortion of Pregnant Workers’ Protection Law

These are the three royal gifts that Pope Francis has left in Portugal

Vatican’s Cycling Team Participates in the Cycling World Championship in Scotland

Catholic Church in USA recognizes three women with highest pro-life distinction

Vatican Secretary of State Explains What a Papal Representative Is and What It Will Mean for the Pope to Have Such a Figure in Vietnam

Israeli Journalist Dresses as a Franciscan and Makes Visible Jews’ Discrimination Against Catholics

Archbishops demand West lift sanctions crippling Christian community

Christians in India Suffer More Than Two Attacks a Day

Will the German Synodal Way Continue? German Bishops and Cardinals of the Curia Meet for Further Discussions

Sudan: Christians facing choice between fleeing and hardship

Burundi: Church promoting peace to prevent another genocide