U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman Responds to New Family Reunification Programs

Jul 10, 2023 04:23

ZENIT Staff

Family Reunification. Photo: immigration impact

Local Church•Young People

Impressive: nearly 2,000 young Iraqi Catholics celebrate faith in the midst of a Muslim community

The Ankawa Youth Meeting (AYM) brought together leaders and young people from the Chaldean Catholic Church, the largest Christian denomination in Iraq.

Jul 05, 2023 19:28

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Testimonies of Faith

Ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, Pope Francis Institutes a Commission That Will Recognize Catholic Martyrs and Those of Other Christian Confessions

This initiative does not intend to establish new criteria for the canonical assessment of martyrdom, but to continue with the initial survey of those who, to this day, continue to be killed for the mere fact of being Christians.

Jul 05, 2023 19:22

ZENIT Staff

Art and Culture•Testimonies

Cardinal Parolin and human trafficking: new sculpture of St. Bakhita blessed

The Vatican Secretary of State was in charge of blessing the sculpture which evokes the figure of St. Josephine Bakhita with the intention of raising awareness of the problem of human trafficking.

Jul 04, 2023 16:35

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nicaragua: Ortega’s Police Raze Nuns’ House and Expels Them

This police intervention was possibly planned much earlier. According to La Gaceta, the Ministry of the Interior canceled its registration on Friday, June 30. It has been officially published on July 4, 2023.

Jul 04, 2023 14:43

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace

Strasbourg Endorses Poland’s Ban on Abortion for Foetal Malformations

The Court noted that the two claimants who claimed to have conditions alleged to cause an increased risk of fetal malformation did not provide any medical evidence to support their claims in their applications.

Jul 04, 2023 14:36

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV defends the priesthood in the Church as a vocation reserved for men in a catechesis, following the Second Vatican Council

Pope’s General Audience, March 25, 2026, on the Church in its hierarchical structure

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.”

U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman Responds to New Family Reunification Programs

Ukrainia: monks staying in Kherson despite misery and devastation

Summer Surprise: Pope Will Create 21 New Cardinals in September 2023. Here Is The Complete List

WYD Lisbon to host First World Meeting of Evangelizers and Digital Missionaries at Catholic Influencers Festival

How the U.S. church helps the African church with an annual fundraiser

Armed group killed children in a Ugandan school while chanting their evening prayers

New cathedral to be consecrated in diocese shaken by terror

Impressive: nearly 2,000 young Iraqi Catholics celebrate faith in the midst of a Muslim community

Ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, Pope Francis Institutes a Commission That Will Recognize Catholic Martyrs and Those of Other Christian Confessions

Cardinal Parolin and human trafficking: new sculpture of St. Bakhita blessed

Nicaragua: Ortega’s Police Raze Nuns’ House and Expels Them

Strasbourg Endorses Poland’s Ban on Abortion for Foetal Malformations