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

Apr 12, 2023 04:08

ZENIT Staff

Document in English of the Synod on Sinocity. Photo: Blessed Sacrament

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

France: Lourdes Shrine Announces a Period of Reflection to Decide Whether To Keep or Remove Jesuit Marko Rupnik’s Works

The Bishop of Lourdes-Tarbes stresses that «given the specificity of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, the general question of the status of the works of artists involved in situations of abuse acquires a much more sensitive character here.»

Apr 04, 2023 14:29

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Pro-life victory in the U.S.A.: you can pray in front of pro-abortion clinics

Police arrested and/or cited members of two Christian pro-life organizations for engaging in peaceful prayer and sidewalk counseling outside an abortion facility. The arrests shouldn’t have occurred because David Benham, president of the non-profit charity Cities4Life, and the other pro-life volunteers, members of the Christian ministry Love Life, complied with all applicable emergency orders and proclamations related to the coronavirus crisis.

Apr 04, 2023 07:49

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Christian released after 8 years in jail for unintentionally burning newspaper with Islamic phrases

Humayun Allahrakha (formerly known as Humayun Faisal Masih), now 32, was burning newspaper in Sanda, a town in Lahore district, in May 2015 when Muslim onlookers accused him of blasphemy, claiming that the papers contained verses of the Qur’an.

Apr 03, 2023 07:46

John Pontifex

Pope Francis•Testimonies

Pope Baptizes Child Admitted in the Same Hospital as He Was

The Pope visited the oncology area of the same hospital where he was hospitalized and baptized a child who bears the Christian name of Michelangelo.

Mar 31, 2023 15:15

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians•Testimonies of Faith

Vatican Reports to UN That One Out of Every Seven Christians Suffers Persecution

Bishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, permanent observer of the Holy See: «It is worrying that people are persecuted for the mere fact of publicly professing their faith.»

Mar 30, 2023 19:35

ZENIT Staff

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Argentina Prepares to Welcome Leo XIV: Papal Vehicles, a Mass of 2,000 Ministers and a Nation Invited to Rise Together

Toyota Argentina formally handed over the Buenos Aires vehicle to Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach on October 28, at the Kansai dealership, which represented the Holy See in the arrangement. The second vehicle is already in Córdoba, where it is being held under the protection of the National Gendarmerie until the Pope’s activities there

Holiness, beautifully explained by Leo XIV on the Solemnity of All Saints

Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, November 1, 2026

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

Massachusetts Diocese Issues Law Banning Hookup Apps

Christian denominational leaders denounce persecution of their communities in Israel at Passover

France: Lourdes Shrine Announces a Period of Reflection to Decide Whether To Keep or Remove Jesuit Marko Rupnik’s Works

Pro-life victory in the U.S.A.: you can pray in front of pro-abortion clinics

Christian released after 8 years in jail for unintentionally burning newspaper with Islamic phrases

Pope Baptizes Child Admitted in the Same Hospital as He Was

Vatican Reports to UN That One Out of Every Seven Christians Suffers Persecution