Biden administration promotes initiative to veto adoptions by Christian couples

Dec 05, 2023 23:05

ZENIT Staff

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Justice and Peace

USA: 18 states, advocates support WA church challenging state abortion mandate

A Washington state law, SB 6219, forces churches to cover elective abortions in their health insurance plans. As a result of the state’s mandate, Cedar Park Church’s insurance carrier inserted abortion coverage, including surgical abortion coverage, directly into the church’s health plan.

Dec 04, 2023 22:52

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Moscow: Orthodox Patriarch Kirill convenes his «council»

Convened in Moscow in the two symbolic places par excellence – the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the Kremlin’s Congress Hall – the «Sobor» became a celebration of a «multinational people,» which in every way opposes the disintegration of the state, and defends its greatness beyond all borders.

Dec 04, 2023 22:47

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Bethlehem, Town of Jesus’ Birth, Will Not Be Celebrating Christmas: Here Is the Reason Why

Hanna Hanania, outgoing Mayor of Bethlehem, a small town in the Palestinian West Bank, said to EWTN agency in English that, “like any other Palestinian city, Bethlehem is in mourning and sad.” “We cannot celebrate while we’re in this situation,” referring to the Israel-Hamas war.

Dec 04, 2023 22:24

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

The Presidents of the German and Polish Episcopates Confront One Another Over the German Reforms

Monsignor Georg Bätzing expressed his reaction in a letter to Archbishop Gadecki The Bishop of Limburg, Germany, accuses his Polish counterpart of Poznan of “rather unbrotherly behaviour” and of “enormous overreach of his authority.” The Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita published Bishop Bätzing’s letter, dated November 21.

Dec 03, 2023 22:36

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Young People

Pope’s Secretary of State Vindicates Value of Celibacy to 600 French Seminarians

The Holy Father Francis’ Message signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, for the meeting with France’s seminarians

Dec 02, 2023 00:56

ZENIT Staff

One in three Mexican bishops will be replaced by Pope Leo XIV between 2026 and 2027

The generational shift is also visible in the provenance of current appointments. As of the beginning of 2026, 52.5 percent of Mexico’s bishops and archbishops were appointed by Pope Francis, 27.6 percent by Benedict XVI, 17.2 percent by John Paul II, and just 2.6 percent by Leo XIV himself. That last figure is set to rise sharply

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

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Biden administration promotes initiative to veto adoptions by Christian couples

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Christian mother accused of blasphemy by Muslims in Nigeria is sentenced to trial

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USA: 18 states, advocates support WA church challenging state abortion mandate

Moscow: Orthodox Patriarch Kirill convenes his «council»

Bethlehem, Town of Jesus’ Birth, Will Not Be Celebrating Christmas: Here Is the Reason Why

The Presidents of the German and Polish Episcopates Confront One Another Over the German Reforms

Pope’s Secretary of State Vindicates Value of Celibacy to 600 French Seminarians