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Christian survivor of Islamist attack in Nigeria receives award

Nurse Margaret Attah will be the first individual to be honoured with Aid to the Church in Need (UK)’s ‘Courage to be a Christian’ award. Mrs Attah lost both legs and the sight in one eye when a bomb went off in St Francis Xavier’s Church in Owo, Ondo State on Pentecost Sunday 2022.

Nov 18, 2023 22:14

John Newton

Local Church

U.S. bishops balance positions in the wake of Tyler case and Synod

(ZENIT News / Baltimore, 11.16.2023).- At their annual Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore this week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) elected a Conference secretary and chairmen for six standing committees. The Conference secretary also serves as the chairman of the […]

Nov 16, 2023 00:57

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

USA: Bishops ask Pope to declare St. John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church

During the plenary, the bishops received updates on the following items: the 2021-2024 Synod of Bishops, the U.S. bishops’ Eucharistic revival initiative and national congress, the Institute on the Catechism, and the recently-launched mental health campaign.

Nov 16, 2023 00:53

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Finnish parliamentarian found NOT GUILTY of “hate speech” for Bible Tweet and other expressions

Appeal court unanimously dismisses all charges against Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola following high-profile free speech trial. The former Finnish Minister of the Interior faced three criminal charges for sharing her faith-based beliefs, including on Twitter/X

Nov 15, 2023 00:16

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Francis

After refusing to resign, Pope Francis removes American bishop. No public explanation is given for the decision

Thanks to a statement from the Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, it is known that on November 9, 2023, the Pope asked Bishop Strickland to resign, but he refused. Following this refusal, the Pope removed the Bishop of Tyler.

Nov 12, 2023 23:13

ZENIT Staff

Pro-abortion Extremist Joins the International Court of Justice

War in Gaza: study reveals growth in ties with the country also by Arabs

Burkina Faso: Jihadist terror escalates with murder of two children and expulsion of Christians

American Exorcist: The Battle Against Satan Is No Longer Hidden

Pope Proposes Three Actions to Protect Minors from Abuses

Gaza: more than 50 Christian homes bombed and 1 nuns’ school bombed

Pope begins two-year cycle of messages to young people in preparation for Jubilee 2025

Christian survivor of Islamist attack in Nigeria receives award

U.S. bishops balance positions in the wake of Tyler case and Synod

USA: Bishops ask Pope to declare St. John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church

Finnish parliamentarian found NOT GUILTY of “hate speech” for Bible Tweet and other expressions

After refusing to resign, Pope Francis removes American bishop. No public explanation is given for the decision