USA: After ADF lawsuit, NY college student government revises unconstitutional policy, recognizes conservative student group

Aug 11, 2024 19:32

ZENIT Staff

SUNY Cortland students Megan Rothmund (L) and Gabriella Delorenzo (R). Photo: ADF

The Government of East Timor allocated US$12 million to prepare for the Pontiff’s visit from September 9-11

The Cardinal also criticized the lack of proofs and clear testimonies in The Pillar’s report

Indonesia, the nation with the world’s largest Muslim population

Pope Francis received a group of representatives from the Afghan Muslim community in Italy

Persecuted Christians

Pakistan: young Christian widow beaten in the countryside by Muslims after accusing her of blasphemy

Saima Farhad Gill, a widow, living in a village, near Gojra, in the Punjab, was saved by police and placed in custody after being charged under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws.

Aug 08, 2024 18:10

John Pontifex

Local Church

Spanish Salesian Priest Celebrated “Mass” in a Pool: His Bishop’s Reaction

The removal of Moreno’s images suggests he has realized that his actions were inappropriate.

Aug 08, 2024 08:19

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

First Abbot Not a Priest Is Elected in the Benedictine Order of the United States

Canon Law exacts priestly ordination as a requisite to occupy the position, and a consultation was necessary to obtain the Holy See’s permission.

Aug 08, 2024 08:13

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Cardinals and Bishops•Young People

German Bishop Reveals That Young People’s Real Questions Have Nothing to Do with Celibacy or Women’s Ordination

The statement, made by Bishop Bätzing, shows another face of German Catholics’ interest, which is clearly in a different direction from the ideological agenda promoted in recent years by a good part of the German Episcopate.

Aug 06, 2024 17:30

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Religious Freedom

French police detain bus in Paris that made persecution of Christians visible and mocked the opening of the Olympics

6 campaigners were forced to spend the night in jail for “demonstrating without the approval of the French government” against the Olympic Games mockery of Christianity.

Aug 06, 2024 17:25

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

USA: After ADF lawsuit, NY college student government revises unconstitutional policy, recognizes conservative student group

Controversy in East Timor Over the Cost of the Papal Visit for Which the Pope Is Not to Blame

Cardinal Gerhard Mũller Rejects and Contests Accusations of Poor Financial Management and Denounces Defamatory Attacks

In Face of Pope Francis’ Forthcoming Visit to Indonesia, Islamic Extremists Target Churches for Attacks

Pope to Afghan Muslims: «one cannot, in the name of God, encourage contempt for others, hatred and violence»

USA: Shareholders, members call on Costco, fellow retailers to resist politicized calls to sell dangerous chemical abortion drugs

Preserving Christianity in Iraq 10 years after Daesh invasion

Pakistan: young Christian widow beaten in the countryside by Muslims after accusing her of blasphemy

Spanish Salesian Priest Celebrated “Mass” in a Pool: His Bishop’s Reaction

First Abbot Not a Priest Is Elected in the Benedictine Order of the United States

German Bishop Reveals That Young People’s Real Questions Have Nothing to Do with Celibacy or Women’s Ordination

French police detain bus in Paris that made persecution of Christians visible and mocked the opening of the Olympics