Hindus Offend Catholics: They Put in Doubt Authenticity of Saint Francis Xavier’s Remains

Oct 10, 2024 07:02

Elizabeth Owens

leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) nationalist Hindu group, Subhash Velingkar Photo: Asia News

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Jubilee 2025, Local Church, Rome

Jubilee 2025: Italian police seize more than 100,000 counterfeit items

It will be the third time that the two leaders meet

Monsignor Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, Dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota

the CCP is intensifying its campaign to align all religions with its political agenda

Religious Freedom

Zhu Bin: Christian School Founder Detained in Beijing

After years of harassment, the fiercely independent educator, dissident, and poet was arrested on September 29.

Oct 08, 2024 23:46

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Local Church

Crisis in Lebanon: Christians open their doors to thousands fleeing bombardments

The Israeli bombardments are targeting strategic zones in the south of his archdiocese, notably the region around Baalbek, which is considered to contain Hezbollah bases, but at the same time, the strikes are hitting villages where Christians and Muslims co-exist.

Oct 08, 2024 06:49

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Justice and Peace

Churches welcomes UN resolution calling for end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine

The UNGA resolution represents the will of the international community to confront core issues, including the rights and sovereignty of the Palestinian people and the need to end the cycles of violence that continue to devastate Palestinians and Israelis alike.

Oct 07, 2024 06:37

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Cardinals and Bishops•Dicasteries•Vatican City

Pope’s Cardinal Almoner Holds Alms Basket for Participants in the Synod

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, His Holiness’ Almoner, stood with a basket in front of the main entrance of Paul VI Hall to collect alms to be sent directly to the parish priest in Gaza

Oct 07, 2024 06:26

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Dicasteries•Young People

International Youth Advisory Board (IYAB): appointments for the next three years

The group will play an important advisory and proactive role, collaborating in synodal style with the Dicastery, to further explore issues related to the pastoral care for youth and other topics of more general interest

Oct 07, 2024 06:21

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Confirmed: The 4th Mediterranean Meeting will take place in Barcelona with the Pope in attendance

Their meeting with the Pope, held in the Apostolic Palace, lasted about an hour and centered on preparations for the next major milestone: a gathering of Mediterranean bishops scheduled for June 9–12 in Barcelona. It will be the fourth such assembly, following earlier encounters in Bari (2020), Florence (2022) and Marseille (2023), and will revolve around a single, urgent theme—peace

For the first time, a pope (Leo XIV) will receive the U.S. Medal of Freedom: here’s what you need to know

Organizers have been explicit about this broader interpretation. For them, honoring the pope is not only about recognizing an individual, but about narrating a longer story—one that includes multiple faith traditions and acknowledges the complex path through which religious liberty became a foundational principle in the United States

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Hindus Offend Catholics: They Put in Doubt Authenticity of Saint Francis Xavier’s Remains

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