Special Synod Convoked in India Given the Imminent Risk of a Schism Over the Liturgy

Jun 01, 2023 13:11

ZENIT Staff

Iglesia Católica De Rito Siro-Malabar. Foto: Cardenal George Alencherry

Local Church

Mexico: Eighth Priest Murdered in President López Obrador’s Six-Year Term

The Mexican bishops urgently call on the competent authorities to carry out an exhaustive and transparent investigation that leads to the identification and punishment of those responsible.

May 24, 2023 14:24

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Police intentionally kill two girls at Catholic school in Pakistan. Bishops raise their voices

Five other children and a woman were also injured in the shooting at Sangota Public School, in the Swat Valley run by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the north-east of the country.

May 23, 2023 05:18

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Young People

Seminaries in China and the challenge of accompaniment

Father Fabio Favata is a PIME missionary and trained psychologist, whose doctoral thesis focuses on how seminaries in mainland China train candidates to the priesthood. Despite declining vocations and major difficulties, building a future is still possible.

May 22, 2023 15:37

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Paris: Plan is Approved for the Rehabilitation of the Square of the Cathedral of Notre Dame

The National Commission for Architecture and Heritage gave a positive opinion to the proposed development, albeit without concrete benches and keeping the enclosing gates all around.

May 22, 2023 14:53

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

From Coast to Coast: The World’s Largest Eucharistic Procession Is Held in the United States

The four processions will form a gigantic cross on the map of the United States all the way to Indianapolis. Perhaps the greatest Eucharistic pilgrimage in history will conclude on May 19, 2023, Pentecost Sunday.

May 21, 2023 23:49

ZENIT Staff

A new “labor law” for the Vatican: this is what Pope Leo XIV approved

At the heart of the reform lies a significant expansion of ULSA’s governing council, the body responsible for consultation and for drafting proposals in labor legislation. For the first time since the office was created in 1988 under Saint John Paul II, the Secretariat of State will have a formal seat at the table

PHOTO GALLERY: Pope Leo XIV revives childhood tradition: mass blessing of “baby Jesus” figures at the Vatican

The initiative, organized by the Centro Oratori Romani and dating back to 1969 under Paul VI, has long been a fixture of Advent in Rome

Special Synod Convoked in India Given the Imminent Risk of a Schism Over the Liturgy

Report Reveals That Children Inherit Their Parents’ Faith and Political Ideas

Israel Has Fewer Women in Parliament, But More Women Workers Among the Ultra-Orthodox

Chinese Government Implements Digital Identification System for Priests

USA: Planned Parenthood is challenging Arizona’s pre-Roe v. Wade law protecting unborn lives

Another step against Russia: Ukrainian Orthodox to celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25

Satanism: The New “Religion” That Seeks to Thwart Christians and Catholics in the United States

Mexico: Eighth Priest Murdered in President López Obrador’s Six-Year Term

Police intentionally kill two girls at Catholic school in Pakistan. Bishops raise their voices

Seminaries in China and the challenge of accompaniment

Paris: Plan is Approved for the Rehabilitation of the Square of the Cathedral of Notre Dame

From Coast to Coast: The World’s Largest Eucharistic Procession Is Held in the United States