Holy Shroud: New Study Gives Proof of Shroud’s Authenticity from the Blood

Aug 29, 2024 05:46

The microscopic examination identified three types of blood, which reflect different states of the body Photo: Catholic Herald

Pope Francis received in audience, in the Salita of the Paul VI Hall, the bishops who are members of the Latin Episcopal Conference of the Arab Regions

Msgr Melchior Shi Honghzen as bishop of the Tianjin diocese - a metropolis in northern China.

Africa has had to contend with many viruses. It seems that the virus threatening religious liberty is spreading quicker than expected.

The monument was inaugurated in a ceremony filled with religious fervor, located strategically between Avenida Rio Branco and Avenida Presidente Wilson.

Persecuted Christians

150 killed (22 of them Christians) in “unprecedented” Islamist attack in Burkina Faso

A group of more than 100 jihadists opened fire on both soldiers and civilians digging defensive trenches to protect themselves in Barsalogho, central Burkina Faso

Aug 27, 2024 17:51

Amy Balog

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Research Indicates That Discrimination Against Christians in Europe Has Increased by 44%

OIDAC Europe’s 2022/23 Annual Report pointed out a 44% increase in hate crimes against Christians, with a total of 749 incidents recorded, the majority of which were acts of vandalism and arson.

Aug 27, 2024 05:38

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Vatican City

Nicaraguan Dictator Accuses Vatican of Being a “Fascist Conglomerate”

He made these statements during a virtual meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), a political and economic coalition, which brings together ten countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, including Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba and Bolivia.

Aug 27, 2024 05:35

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope to Lebanese after 4 years of explosion: “with you I ask for truth and justice, which have not yet arrived”

Pope’s words to a group of Lebanese, relatives of victims killed in Beirut port explosions

Aug 26, 2024 17:56

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

China, Catholic Clergy Starts Receiving “Patriotic Education”

The United Front lamented that religions do not implement the new law on domestic propaganda quickly enough. The Patriotic Catholic Church mobilized immediately.

Aug 26, 2024 17:48

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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Holy Shroud: New Study Gives Proof of Shroud’s Authenticity from the Blood

“Be a sign of hope with words and gestures,” Pope asks Arab Catholic bishops

Communist China recognizes 94-year-old Catholic bishop Melchiorre Shi Honghzen

Why Are Several African Countries Attacking Freedom of Religion?

Questions about liturgy: Vestments for Altar Servers

Monumental statue dedicated to the Eucharist inaugurated in Rio de Janeiro

New S*exual Colonialism in UN Treaty on Development

150 killed (22 of them Christians) in “unprecedented” Islamist attack in Burkina Faso

Research Indicates That Discrimination Against Christians in Europe Has Increased by 44%

Nicaraguan Dictator Accuses Vatican of Being a “Fascist Conglomerate”

Pope to Lebanese after 4 years of explosion: “with you I ask for truth and justice, which have not yet arrived”

China, Catholic Clergy Starts Receiving “Patriotic Education”