Pope creates new diocese in China and appoints bishop, in agreement with country’s communist government

Jan 29, 2024 14:31

Rafael Llanes

Pope Francis erected the Diocese of Weifang, a suffragan of Jinan, Shandong Province Photo: Vatican Media

Ecumenism•Pope Francis

«Theology of dialogue in charity»: Pope Francis’ proposal to Orthodox at Vatican

Address of the Pope to the members of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches

Jan 26, 2024 22:04

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations•Young People

Ireland: after vocational winter, 15 new seminarians in the country by 2024

The fifteen new students are currently undertaking their Propaedeutic Programme in the Redemptoris Mater Seminary, Dundalk, Archdiocese of Armagh; Royal English College, Valladolid, Spain; and, Royal Scots College, Salamanca, Spain. These fifteen bring the total number of seminarians studying for the priesthood for Irish dioceses to 64.

Jan 25, 2024 23:55

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: more than 400 people died in one state alone in 2023 due to anti-Christian persecution

Extremists murdered 414 people and injured, raped or kidnapped almost 100 more in Benue State last year, according to a report sent to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) by Makurdi Diocese’s Foundation for Justice, Development and Peace.

Jan 25, 2024 23:40

Amy Balog

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

6 kidnapped nuns freed in Haiti

The Sisters of Saint Anne and their two companions were held captive for five days after being kidnapped by unidentified gunmen on Friday, 19th January while travelling in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital.

Jan 25, 2024 23:32

Amy Balog

Spirituality

A word that frees from evil and creates the new man.

Commentary on the Gospel of Sunday, January 28, 2024.

Jan 25, 2024 01:44

ZENIT Staff

From Africa to Spain via Monaco: this is Leo XIV’s global travel schedule for 2026

The schedule outlines three distinct journeys: a ten-day pilgrimage across four African nations, a one-day visit to Monaco, and a six-day trip to Spain that will culminate in the Canary Islands. Together, they form a carefully calibrated map of priorities that blends history, diplomacy, evangelization and social concern.

Did Pope Leo XIV speak out against the Spanish party Vox, which is aligned with the Trump administration?

The episode underscores how quickly nuanced papal language can be refracted through national political debates—and how carefully episcopal conferences now feel compelled to guard the boundary between pastoral guidance and partisan interpretation

Pope creates new diocese in China and appoints bishop, in agreement with country’s communist government

Virgin of the migrants: the Mexican virgin (who is not Guadalupe) to become an international shrine in the Philippines

Turkey: Catholic church attacked during mass. There is one dead

Anglicans use for the second time a Catholic basilica in Rome for their «mass»

Participants in Muslims’ Pilgrimage to Mecca Increased by 58% in 2023

Government of Papua New Guinea Announces Pope’s Visit to the Country

USA: This is how religious individuals who professed perpetual vows in 2023 are

«Theology of dialogue in charity»: Pope Francis’ proposal to Orthodox at Vatican

Ireland: after vocational winter, 15 new seminarians in the country by 2024

Nigeria: more than 400 people died in one state alone in 2023 due to anti-Christian persecution

6 kidnapped nuns freed in Haiti

A word that frees from evil and creates the new man.