European Court of Human Rights to determine whether it was legal to ban worship by COVID

Jul 31, 2023 02:02

ZENIT Staff

Closed Church. Photo: Il Foglio

Dicasteries•Local Church

Will the German Synodal Way Continue? German Bishops and Cardinals of the Curia Meet for Further Discussions

According to official sources, the meeting took place in a positive and constructive climate. The Press Office of the Holy See and the German Bishops’ Conference issued a joint statement.

Jul 26, 2023 14:20

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Sudan: Christians facing choice between fleeing and hardship

Father Naranjo said that most Catholic missionaries have opted to stay and support their faithful, adding that many lay Christians have fled to safer regions – including the South Sudanese, comprising most of Sudan’s Catholic population, who have returned to South Sudan in droves.

Jul 26, 2023 02:55

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Burundi: Church promoting peace to prevent another genocide

Mr François-Marsal said that Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye acknowledged the “major role” the Vatican had played “in the peace process and reconciliation of the Burundian people, and these efforts have borne the fruits of a fragile peace”.

Jul 26, 2023 02:51

ZENIT Staff

Church and World•Pope Francis•Vatican City

The Visit of Uganda’s Prime Minister to the Pope

In the audience with the Pope, the conversation revolved around Uganda’s hospitality towards migrants and refugees not only from Africa but also from Central Asian countries.

Jul 25, 2023 03:15

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

The Vatican-CCP compromise on the Bishop of Shanghai: who won and who lost

The Vatican Secretary of State reiterates the request that Catholic conscientious objectors who refuse to join the «underground» Patriotic Church be respected.

Jul 25, 2023 03:04

ZENIT Staff

Trump responds to Pope Leo XIV: I don’t want a ceasefire

Donald Trump has publicly dismissed the very idea of a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict involving Iran. Questioned about the Pope’s earlier call—issued on 15 March—for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a reopening of dialogue, the U.S. president was blunt: “We can talk, but I don’t want a ceasefire.”

The account of the resurrection of Lazarus and the symptom of a longing for the infinite, as reflected upon by Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, March 22, 2026

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European Court of Human Rights to determine whether it was legal to ban worship by COVID

Vatican Secretary of State Explains What a Papal Representative Is and What It Will Mean for the Pope to Have Such a Figure in Vietnam

Israeli Journalist Dresses as a Franciscan and Makes Visible Jews’ Discrimination Against Catholics

Archbishops demand West lift sanctions crippling Christian community

Christians in India Suffer More Than Two Attacks a Day

Vietnam and Vatican: Holy See to have resident papal representative in socialist country

And If I Conceal a Grave Sin in Confession? Two YouTuber Priests Answer

Will the German Synodal Way Continue? German Bishops and Cardinals of the Curia Meet for Further Discussions

Sudan: Christians facing choice between fleeing and hardship

Burundi: Church promoting peace to prevent another genocide

The Visit of Uganda’s Prime Minister to the Pope

The Vatican-CCP compromise on the Bishop of Shanghai: who won and who lost