Sale of relics of Blessed Carlo Acustis: Italian prosecutor’s office investigates one month before his canonization

Mar 30, 2025 19:36

Valentina di Giorgio

The unauthorized sale of relics is not a new phenomenon Photo: Reuters

Justice and Peace

Japanese Court dissolves Unification Church: the Moon sect

The Tokyo District Court revoked the religious movement’s status. Founded by Sun Myung Moon, the Church was involved in financial scandals over the years, which emerged following the murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. The Church, which will still be able to operate in Japan, plans to appeal, but it loses its tax benefits in the meantime.

Mar 27, 2025 22:02

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Holy Land

Clashes with the Syrians and Israeli reprisals: The fires that kindle Lebanon

At least seven deaths in a border area. The fragility of a frontier that has long been a free zone for trafficking and illicit trade. Fears of an escalation with the Jewish state and US manoeuvres for ‘normalisation’. In the spirit of the Abu Dhabi declaration, Christians and Muslims celebrate the feast of the Annunciation

Mar 27, 2025 22:00

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

El Salvador: Pope’s Nuncio condemns presence of Anglican “bishopess” (and not only) during important Mass

The Anglican woman bishop was given a prominent role in the ceremony, including participation in the entrance procession, sharing the homily, and being positioned at the altar during the liturgy.

Mar 27, 2025 21:57

Enrique Villegas

Persecuted Christians•Young People

He refused to convert to Islam and was brutally attacked in Pakistan: the case of a young Catholic man

The attack was allegedly related to Waqas’s refusal to convert to Islam after being coerced by Zohaib

Mar 27, 2025 21:53

Maria Lozano

Religious Freedom

U.S. Commission Condemns China’s Religious Repression in 2025 Annual Report

In its 2025 annual report, released on March 25, the commission highlights ongoing persecution, state surveillance, and ideological control, describing religious freedom conditions in China as “among the worst in the world.”

Mar 27, 2025 21:46

ZENIT Staff

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

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Sale of relics of Blessed Carlo Acustis: Italian prosecutor’s office investigates one month before his canonization

Sweden Protestants will only employ priests willing to “marry” same-sex couples

French Laïcité vs. American Secularism

Church calls on legislature to investigate child sexual abuse in state-run facilities and to treat all victims of abuse equally

Result of the German Synodal Way? Half a million Catholics leave the Church, official figures show

Cardinal Parolin gives details on Pope in Vatican and raises juncture for new form of government

Cardinal of Jerusalem: “I don’t know how we are still standing; the situation is against us”

Japanese Court dissolves Unification Church: the Moon sect

Clashes with the Syrians and Israeli reprisals: The fires that kindle Lebanon

El Salvador: Pope’s Nuncio condemns presence of Anglican “bishopess” (and not only) during important Mass

He refused to convert to Islam and was brutally attacked in Pakistan: the case of a young Catholic man

U.S. Commission Condemns China’s Religious Repression in 2025 Annual Report