Muslims destroyed their church, but Catholics still go there on Sundays

Jul 02, 2024 17:16

The faith of the Christian community in Muslim-majority Mocímboa da Praia remains strong despite no priests or religious being left in the town Photo: Aid to the Church in Need

in the Hall of the Consistory of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis presided over the celebration of the Canonical Hour of Terce of the Divine Office and the Ordinary Public Consistory for the Canonization of Blesseds.

Redemptorist Fathers Ivan Levitsky and Bohdan Geleta were freed last Friday 28th June

representatives from the Roman Curia and the German Bishops' Conference

Local Church•Vocations

A Good Year of Vocational Harvests in Some Dioceses of the United States: These Are the Data

This significant increase of Ordinations opens a hopeful future for the Catholic Church in the United States, in the context of a new generational change in the Church

Jun 30, 2024 05:50

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•From Rome•Pope Francis

The Ten Countries That Made the Most Financial Contributions to the Pope in 2023

Three countries of America, six countries of Europe and one of Asia were the ones that most supported the Pope financially.

Jun 30, 2024 05:42

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Ecumenism•Pope Francis•Rome

Pope Francis invites Orthodox delegation to participate in Jubilee 2025 and confesses he wants to go to Nicaea

Pope Francis’ Address to a Delegation of the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Jun 28, 2024 17:30

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Official: 400,000 fewer Catholics in Germany in 2023 (according to data from the Catholic Church in the country)

Catholic Church in Germany publishes statistics for 2023: slight increase in attendance at religious services

Jun 27, 2024 17:40

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Vatican II and Dignitas Infinita, the last statement of the Doctrine of the Faith

Although Vatican II documents are only cited a few times in the declaration, I believe they had a deeper influence on this document than is visible on the surface.

Jun 27, 2024 17:32

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV summons bishops to Rome to discuss the reimplementation of the controversial Amoris Laetitia

The Pope has invited the presidents of the world’s Episcopal Conferences to Rome to discern the steps to be taken to proclaim the Gospel to today’s families, in light of Amoris Laetitia

What does it mean that the Church is a priestly and prophetic people? Pope Leo XIV explains it

General Audience with the Pope, March 18, 2026, on the Church as a priestly and prophetic people

Muslims destroyed their church, but Catholics still go there on Sundays

Parents Sue Catholic Hospital for NOT Killing Their Daughter

On the Hunt for Benedict XVI’s Inheritance: Appeal for a New Trial of Joseph Ratzinger’s Assets

The Catholic Church Will Have 14 New Saints Next October 20

Russia frees two kidnapped Catholic priests from Ukraine

New face-to-face meeting between German episcopate and Pope’s representatives at the Vatican

Questions about liturgy: Final Commendation at a Funeral Mass

A Good Year of Vocational Harvests in Some Dioceses of the United States: These Are the Data

The Ten Countries That Made the Most Financial Contributions to the Pope in 2023

Pope Francis invites Orthodox delegation to participate in Jubilee 2025 and confesses he wants to go to Nicaea

Official: 400,000 fewer Catholics in Germany in 2023 (according to data from the Catholic Church in the country)

Vatican II and Dignitas Infinita, the last statement of the Doctrine of the Faith