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

Oct 09, 2023 16:31

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

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Mozambique: Terrorists kill 11 Christians in an attack in Cabo Delgado province

At least 11 Christians were massacred by terrorists on Friday, September 15, 2023, in northern Mozambique. According to information provided to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) by Brother Boaventura, a missionary of the Brothers of the Poor of Jesus Christ in the region, the murders took place in the village of Naquitengue, near Mocimboa da Praia, in Cabo Delgado province. The area has been the target of attacks by Islamic extremists since 2017.

Sep 21, 2023 22:49

ZENIT Staff

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

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

Mozambique: Terrorists kill 11 Christians in an attack in Cabo Delgado province