Vatican Reveals Number of Countries with Which It Has Diplomatic Relations

Jan 09, 2025 06:15

Jorge Enrique Mújica

of the 194 countries, the Holy See does not have diplomatic relations with ten Photo: Vatican Media

Catholics in the United States have an opportunity to support the Church’s mission in countries affected by poverty, political instability and natural disasters

received the permission from the tax authorities in Marysville, Ohio

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

This is the religion of the new congressmen and senators in the U.S. Congress: Protestant and Catholic (and Jewish overrepresentation)

The Catholic presence in Congress stands at 150 members, a slight uptick from the last session but below the average of the past 15 years. Catholics comprise 29% of the House and 24% of the Senate, maintaining a prominent, though slightly diminished, influence.

Jan 03, 2025 20:54

Tim Daniels

Persecuted Christians

How many missionaries were killed in 2024? List released

From 2000 to 2024, a total of 608 missionaries and pastoral workers were killed. As the information on their biographies and the circumstances of their deaths shows, the missionaries and pastoral workers killed were not in the spotlight, but worked to bear witness to their faith in everyday life, not only in contexts marked by violence and conflict

Jan 03, 2025 20:23

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Pope Francis

Pope’s article in The New York Times: There Is Faith in Humor

“Generally, we priests tend to enjoy humor and even have a fair stock of jokes and amusing stories, which we are often quite good at telling, as well as being the object of them”, writes the Pope in the best-known newspaper in the United States

Dec 22, 2024 18:06

ZENIT Staff

Causes of Saints•Local Church•Pope Francis

The process of beatification of King Baudouin of Belgium officially begins: Vatican and Pope give their approval

In a statement released by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, it was confirmed that the process officially began on December 17, 2024, with the establishment of a historical commission. This panel, comprising leading experts in Belgian history and archival research, is tasked with gathering and evaluating documentation related to King Baudouin’s life and deeds.

Dec 22, 2024 18:01

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Dicasteries•Pope Francis

On benedicence: a great reflection by the Pope for cardinals of the Roman Curia useful for every Catholic

Pope’s address to the Cardinals and members of the Roman Curia on the occasion of Christmas Greetings

Dec 21, 2024 09:23

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

Vatican Reveals Number of Countries with Which It Has Diplomatic Relations

Pope’s “Gift” to Trump? Holy Father Appoints a New Archbishop for Washington, DC

U.S. Catholics Express Unity with Latin American Catholics with Annual Collection

5 million dollars paid for the oldest tablet of the 10 commandments

USA: Court stays trial of former Cardinal McCarrick due to cognitive impairment

Pope appoints woman as first prefect of an important dicastery of the Roman Curia: Cardinal remains as subordinate

Satanic Temple Is Authorized to Give Religion Classes to Primary School Children

This is the religion of the new congressmen and senators in the U.S. Congress: Protestant and Catholic (and Jewish overrepresentation)

How many missionaries were killed in 2024? List released

Pope’s article in The New York Times: There Is Faith in Humor

The process of beatification of King Baudouin of Belgium officially begins: Vatican and Pope give their approval

On benedicence: a great reflection by the Pope for cardinals of the Roman Curia useful for every Catholic