USA, “Ecumenism” and “Inter-Religious Dialogue”: Six Out of Ten Americans Have Friends of Other Religions

Jan 06, 2024 00:33

ZENIT Staff

Meditation. Photo: Truthseeker08 (Pixabay)

Controversies•Local Church

Gender Ideology Comes to Christmas Cribs… Including with the Help of a Priest

In Capocastello di Mercogliano , a village near Naples, Italy, Father Vitaliano Della Sala defended the representation of Jesus’ birth in a Nativity Scene with two Mothers of the Child Jesus, instead of Mary and Joseph.

Jan 03, 2024 13:08

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

Argentina: In the Era of President Milei, the Catholic Church Gives Up State Funds

This step marks the fulfilment of the announcement made by the Argentine Episcopal Conference in 2018, expressing the intention to give up, gradually, State funds, which at the time represented some 130 million pesos annually.

Jan 03, 2024 12:57

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Mindfulness and the Catholic Faith: Psychologists’ Research and Experts’ Testimonies Warn Against the Practice

A method with a marketing orchestration that intervenes in the psycho-spiritual sphere, in the order of beliefs, in people’s psyche, which is of clear Buddhist root, able to attract followers also in some Universities, to permeate the academic arena.

Jan 02, 2024 23:33

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Woman

Prefect of Dicastery for Doctrine of the Faith: there will be no priestly ordination of women

The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Faith who reinforces what was anticipated by the Secretary of State: he rules out a different moral evaluation of homosexual acts and the possibility of priestly ordination of women.

Jan 02, 2024 00:27

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

German police manage to prevent Islamist attack on Catholic cathedral in Cologne

Four individuals have been detained in connection with a suspected attack plan. Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne expressed gratitude to the security forces during the New Year’s Eve Mass for their dedication to ensuring religious freedom amidst threats.

Jan 02, 2024 00:22

ZENIT Staff

For the first time, a Pope will address the Spanish Parliament: it will be Leo XIV during his visit to Madrid in June 2026

According to converging confirmations from parliamentary and ecclesial sources, the Vatican and the Spanish Congress have agreed to convene a joint session of both chambers of the Cortes Generales so that the Pope may address deputies and senators gathered in the hemicycle

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.

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USA, “Ecumenism” and “Inter-Religious Dialogue”: Six Out of Ten Americans Have Friends of Other Religions

England: Teacher Refuses to Teach LGBT Ideology in “Christian” School and Is Persecuted

Idaho receives support from 24 states to protect children’s privacy against gender ideology

USA: Ruling against Apple for freedom of speech and freedom of religion

Federal appeals court rules that doctors and hospitals in Texas are not required to perform abortions

The Camino de Santiago Sets New Record with Nearly Half a Million Pilgrims in 2023

According to Data of the Israeli Government, the Christian Population Is Growing in Israel

Gender Ideology Comes to Christmas Cribs… Including with the Help of a Priest

Argentina: In the Era of President Milei, the Catholic Church Gives Up State Funds

Mindfulness and the Catholic Faith: Psychologists’ Research and Experts’ Testimonies Warn Against the Practice

Prefect of Dicastery for Doctrine of the Faith: there will be no priestly ordination of women

German police manage to prevent Islamist attack on Catholic cathedral in Cologne