Biden Visits Shrine of Our Lady of Knock During His Trip to Ireland

Apr 18, 2023 14:30

Rafael Llanes

Biden and Fr. Richard Gibbons at the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock. Photo: The White House

Local Church

Bishops Release North American Final Document to Conclude Continental Stage of the 2021-2024 Synod

The Final Document from North America, along with the contributions of the six other Continental Assemblies, will form the basis of the Instrumentum Laboris to be released by the General Secretariat of the Synod in June 2023.

Apr 12, 2023 04:08

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

St. Basil Institute for the Theology of Creation to Host Online Conference on Ecology and the Theology of Creation

“Ecology and the Theology of Creation” promises to be a thought-provoking and informative event for all those interested in the intersection of Catholic theology and ecology.

Apr 11, 2023 02:56

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

The Focolare Movement Publishes First Report on Cases of Sexual Abuse of Minors and Vulnerable Adults

The Focolare Movement publishes the first report on cases of abuse of minors and vulnerable adults; on spiritual and authority abuses that occurred within the Movement, in relation to reparation measures, new inquiry procedures and training activities for the protection of the person.

Apr 11, 2023 02:45

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

35 Christians were killed on Good Friday in Nigeria

Of those killed, local reports claimed the vast majority were women.

Apr 11, 2023 02:35

John Pontifex

Dicasteries•Local Church

Vatican Says “No” to Laymen’s Preaching and Baptizing in Germany

Cardinal Roche clearly says that «It is not about creating inequalities among the baptized, but about recognizing that there are discernments made by the Spirit, which produce different, different and complementary charisms».

Apr 11, 2023 02:26

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV to the French episcopate: Seek inclusive solutions for Catholics who use the Old Missal

The Pope’s intervention reveals a dual concern: healing wounds without erasing truth, and preserving unity without suppressing legitimate diversity. Nowhere is this more evident than in his approach to the question of the Vetus Ordo—the pre-conciliar form of the Roman rite, often associated with the Tridentine Mass

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

Biden Visits Shrine of Our Lady of Knock During His Trip to Ireland

From Saint Peter’s Square, Pope Francis Defends Saint John Paul II Publicly

China Issues the Implementation Measures for the Administration of Internet Religious Information Services

Poles Defend the Truth About Pope Wojtyla in Massive Demonstrations

New Bishop of Shanghai: Sticking Point Between China and Vatican

Historic Record of Loss of Faithful in Germany and of Income via Ecclesiastical Tax

In the Next Two Years the Pope Will Change a Fifth of the American Episcopate

Bishops Release North American Final Document to Conclude Continental Stage of the 2021-2024 Synod

St. Basil Institute for the Theology of Creation to Host Online Conference on Ecology and the Theology of Creation

The Focolare Movement Publishes First Report on Cases of Sexual Abuse of Minors and Vulnerable Adults

35 Christians were killed on Good Friday in Nigeria

Vatican Says “No” to Laymen’s Preaching and Baptizing in Germany