German bishops establish new position: bishop in charge of queer pastoral care

Feb 22, 2024 00:32

The objective of this meeting of the German episcopate was the approval of the founding document of a Synodal Council Photo: Katholisch.de

Persecuted Christians

Pakistani Supreme Court calls Muslim government’s report on attacks on Christians garbage. Bishop values commitment

Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop Samson Shukardin praised Pakistan’s highest court which threw out the government report on the attacks in Jaranwala where in a single day last August a mob torched more than 25 churches and up to 100 homes belonging to Christians.

Feb 21, 2024 00:16

John Pontifex

Local Church

USA: New Initiative Strives to Explain the Perennial Question: “What is Love?”

The Love Means More initiative is an ongoing campaign, based around a new website that takes a deep dive into the meanings of love.

Feb 21, 2024 00:13

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Pro Life

Idaho attorney general asks US Supreme Court to stop feds from forcing ER doctors to perform abortions

The Biden administration is attempting to use federal law, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, to force emergency room doctors to perform abortions that are illegal under Idaho law.

Feb 21, 2024 00:09

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Marriage and Family•Young People

The Quality of Parent-Child Relationships in the USA

Survey highlights that married parents report a greater quality of relationships with their children than those that have never been married, as do biological parents compared with other relatives. Parents with a conservative attitude report more harmonious and better quality of relationships with their children than do liberal or tolerant parents.

Feb 21, 2024 00:06

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Bioethics

Inadvertent incest after IVF is real

A Connecticut woman, 39-year-old Victoria Hill, investigated her ancestry with a DNA test kit. To her dismay, she discovered that her father was not her biological father and that her real father was her mother’s doctor, Burton Caldwell.

Feb 21, 2024 00:03

ZENIT Staff

Controversy Over Disagreements Between France and the Vatican Regarding the Pope’s Trip? The Trip Macron Wanted and the One Leo XIV Decided On

Macron had requested a private moment with Leo XIV inside the cathedral so that he could personally show him the reconstruction undertaken after the 2019 fire. The request was transmitted through diplomatic channels and the answer from the Holy See was no

Good social relations, the common good, and three matters of the utmost urgency, according to Leo XIV

Pope’s General Audience, September 16, 2026, on the Human Community

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German bishops establish new position: bishop in charge of queer pastoral care

German bishops’ meeting concludes: unity with Rome, but criticism of the Vatican

Prayer campaign seen by over 1.5 million people in first week

Flores: the Catholic island in a mostly Muslim sea experiencing a vocation boom

USA: Landmark Alabama Supreme Court decision protects the life of human embryos

Towards a hybrid church, half digital, half face-to-face? In Korea they are considering it

Germany: impressive health of altar server ministry in the country’s churches

Pakistani Supreme Court calls Muslim government’s report on attacks on Christians garbage. Bishop values commitment

USA: New Initiative Strives to Explain the Perennial Question: “What is Love?”

Idaho attorney general asks US Supreme Court to stop feds from forcing ER doctors to perform abortions

The Quality of Parent-Child Relationships in the USA

Inadvertent incest after IVF is real