Nigeria: Christian killings ‘go on and on’, no arrests or consequences for terrorists

Aug 20, 2023 01:29

ZENIT Staff

Nigerians Displaced by Terrorism. Photo: AIN

Local Church•WYD Lisbon 2023•Young People

Eight Impressive Facts About the WYD that Perhaps You Didn’t Know

Numbers and facts of the world’s greatest Catholic event

Aug 15, 2023 18:11

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

After WYD, Patriarch of Lisbon Declines Having a Bridge Named after Him “Not To Create Division”

The Lisbon government wanted to pay homage to its archbishop on the occasion of his birthday, as well as recognize his work for WYD. This initiative generated divided opinions.

Aug 15, 2023 18:00

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nicaraguan Government Freezes Jesuit-Run University’s Bank Accounts

The Central American University (UCA) has been watched by the Nicaraguan Government, since the social and political crisis of 2028, for being aligned with the Opposition. The Nicaraguan Authorities did not inform the University of an investigation of its accounting and of the origin of its funds. To this intervention against the UCA is added the detention in February, and accusation against, Jesuit Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who continues to be in the Government’s prison.

Aug 15, 2023 17:28

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Is Brazil on the Way to No Longer Being the Country with the Greatest Number of Catholics in the World?

The possibility exists of the proportion of Catholics falling under the 50% threshold

Aug 14, 2023 13:37

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Cleveland: Bishop Establishes Diocesan Sanctuary for Tridentine Rite

On July 28th, Monsignor Edward Malesic issued a decree transforming St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Cleveland into a diocesan sanctuary dedicated to the traditional Mass and the administration of other sacraments. Monsignor Malesic stated that the church would be employed «for worship according to the 1962 Roman Missal and other liturgical texts in use during that era.»

Aug 14, 2023 13:13

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

Nigeria: Christian killings ‘go on and on’, no arrests or consequences for terrorists

Ultimatum from the Pontifical Delegate: warns of canonical penalties for priests who litigate over liturgy in India

Pakistan: 21 churches razed to the ground, 1,000 Christians affected. Islamists attack images of Jesus and Mary

New director of the prestigious Ecole Biblique de Jerusalem

Towards a Schism Over the Liturgy? Syro-Malabreses Throw Eggs at Pope’s Delegate

A few meters from the Vatican, archaeologists discover Nero’s Theater, where Christians were martyred

Amidst Risk of Schism, Pope Francis Sends Delegate to Resolve Liturgical Dispute in Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly

Eight Impressive Facts About the WYD that Perhaps You Didn’t Know

After WYD, Patriarch of Lisbon Declines Having a Bridge Named after Him “Not To Create Division”

Nicaraguan Government Freezes Jesuit-Run University’s Bank Accounts

Is Brazil on the Way to No Longer Being the Country with the Greatest Number of Catholics in the World?

Cleveland: Bishop Establishes Diocesan Sanctuary for Tridentine Rite