170 Christians killed by Muslims at Christmas: homes, crops, churches and clinics set on fire

Dec 28, 2023 23:44

ZENIT Staff

CHURCH leaders have confirmed the killing of more than 160 people in Nigeria’s Middle Belt over Christmas Photo: ACN

Church and World

Holy See confirms participation in Osaka EXPO 2025

The Holy See, through collaboration with the Pavilion of Italy, will be present at the event with a recognizable space to organize cultural events and important art exhibitions.

Dec 21, 2023 01:45

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

USA: Bishop Barron Says New Vatican Document Affirms Church’s Timeless Teaching on Marriage

The document released this week by the Vatican on the pastoral meaning of blessings insists that marriage is a union of one man and one woman in lifelong fidelity and openness to children, said Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester.

Dec 21, 2023 01:40

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

After 19 months in prison, Christian mother released on bail in Nigeria

Rhoda Jatau now safe in undisclosed location while she awaits trial, still facing up to 5 years imprisonment. Jatau, a Christian and mother of 5, was imprisoned for allegedly sharing a blasphemous video that condemned the lynching of Christian college student Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu.

Dec 21, 2023 00:09

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Persecuted Christians

Israel destroys homes of Catholics in southern Lebanon

More than 130 people have died in Lebanon because of violence in the border region, including 17 civilians, according to media reports. While Israeli strikes have been directed at Hezbollah targets, located mostly in Shi‘a areas, a number of Christian villages also suffered collateral damage.

Dec 20, 2023 02:49

Amy Balog

Analysis Opinion

Blessings of Gay Couples Polarizes the Church: X-Ray of Reactions

The reception of the document of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith shows a division in the Church: in some places it is accepted and in others its implementation is forbidden

Dec 20, 2023 02:22

Jorge Enrique Mújica

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

170 Christians killed by Muslims at Christmas: homes, crops, churches and clinics set on fire

USA: Call for Prison Sentence for Individual Who Decapitated Sculpture of Satan

Analysis on Same-Sex Couples: Same Doctrine, New Attitude

Fiducia Supplicans: To Bless or Not to Bless Same-Sex Couples?

Barcelona: Antonio Gaudí’s Beatification Process Advances

From Nazareth to Bethlehem: the 2023rd Christmas

Cardinal of Kinshasa asks all African episcopates to make common pronouncement on gay blessings

Holy See confirms participation in Osaka EXPO 2025

USA: Bishop Barron Says New Vatican Document Affirms Church’s Timeless Teaching on Marriage

After 19 months in prison, Christian mother released on bail in Nigeria

Israel destroys homes of Catholics in southern Lebanon

Blessings of Gay Couples Polarizes the Church: X-Ray of Reactions