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

Jul 05, 2023 19:22

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians

Killings of Nigeriani Christians on the rise

The report Nigeria: Unfolding Genocide? highlights research by Open Doors showing that 89 percent of all Christians killed worldwide are in Nigeria and that the country’s government has “yet to respond adequately to the crisis”.

Jul 04, 2023 14:15

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

The Problem of Suicide Among the Catholic Clergy: Alarm Raised Given the Increase in Some Countries

Priests also cry and suffer from mental health problems. Alarm in some countries the increase in suicides.

Jul 03, 2023 14:38

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

U.S. Bishops’ Religious Liberty Chairman on Supreme Court’s Ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis

The case, 303 Creative v. Elenis, was about a website designer named Lorie Smith whose religious beliefs preclude her from creating websites celebrating same-sex weddings.

Jul 03, 2023 13:58

ZENIT Staff

Church and World•Justice and Peace

First Visit Concludes of the Cardinal Sent by the Pope on Peace Mission to Russia

The results of the visit will be brought to the attention of the Holy Father, with a view to further steps to be taken, both on a humanitarian level and in the search for paths to peace.

Jun 30, 2023 14:18

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

U.S. Bishops’ President and Chairmen Rebuke Distortion of Church Teaching in Abortion Statement by Members of Congress

Members of Congress who recently invoked teachings of the Catholic faith itself as justifying abortion or supporting a supposed right to abortion grievously distort the faith.

Jun 29, 2023 13:41

ZENIT Staff

15,000 police officers, 2,500 journalists… the surprising numbers (challenges and opportunities) surrounding the Pope’s visit to France

Leo XIV Heads to France as a Quiet Religious Revival Meets a Country in Search of Common Ground

Stephen Colbert and Scott Brick will narrate the first English-language audiobook by Pope Leo XIV

The collection also shows a future Pope addressing a world already marked by the tensions that would later become familiar features of his pontificate: the consequences of September 11, political ideologies, poverty, conflict and questions surrounding human rights. The publisher presents these writings as an opportunity to see the reasoning behind some of Prevost’s contemplative responses to those challenges

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

USA: Opponents of free speech rev up misinformation engine following historic 303 Creative ruling

A cardinal in Moscow, the power of the powerless

Good news: interfaith dialogue bears fruit in Pakistan, says bishop

Killings of Nigeriani Christians on the rise

The Problem of Suicide Among the Catholic Clergy: Alarm Raised Given the Increase in Some Countries

U.S. Bishops’ Religious Liberty Chairman on Supreme Court’s Ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis

First Visit Concludes of the Cardinal Sent by the Pope on Peace Mission to Russia

U.S. Bishops’ President and Chairmen Rebuke Distortion of Church Teaching in Abortion Statement by Members of Congress