Philippine Bishops Sound Alarm on Online Gambling Crisis: “A New Virus Destroying Our People”

Jul 13, 2025 19:17

ZENIT Staff

The digital face of gambling, he says, is reshaping addiction itself Photo: Codigo Geek

Good News•Testimonies

Irish nun receives Presidential Award in Zambia

She is the second Irish nun to receive this award from the President of Zambia in recent years Last year, the award was conferred on Sr Mary Courtney of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa and a native of Ballyjamesduff in Co. Cavan.

Jul 11, 2025 17:56

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Documents

An Open Letter to the Bishops of Latin America

“If I have dared, dear bishops, to address you so directly, it is because for a long time I have watched with deep concern the repeated signs that our beloved Church is in serious danger—the danger of drifting away from her spiritual core, to her own detriment and to the detriment of the world”

Jul 11, 2025 17:54

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Justice and Peace•Local Church

California bishop waives Mass precept for immigrant Catholics in the face of Trump raids

It is the first known instance of a U.S. Catholic diocese granting such an exemption explicitly tied to immigration enforcement.

Jul 10, 2025 22:00

Tim Daniels

Local Church

PHOTO GALLERY: For the first time a Papal Nuncio presides at Mass in Canterbury’s Anglican cathedral

Although many Catholic Masses have been held at the famous Anglican cathedral, this was a historic ‘first’ in that it was the first time a papal nuncio had celebrated Mass there. It is particularly significant as a papal legate was said to have been present when the saint’s body was moved.

Jul 10, 2025 21:58

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Young People

Chilean census reveals sharp decline in Catholicism: what is the current percentage of Catholics?

The latest figures, released by the National Institute of Statistics, show a simultaneous surge in those claiming no religious affiliation—now more than one in four Chilean adults

Jul 10, 2025 21:50

Enrique Villegas

Three Areas Where the Fire of Pastoral Ministry Can Be Rekindled, According to Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV’s address to the clergy of the Diocese of Rome during a meeting in Paul VI Hall

The 4 tasks Pope Leo XIV gave to the Legionaries of Christ: charism, authority, missionary unity, and synodality

Pope’s address to the Legionaries of Christ during an audience on the occasion of their General Chapter

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2	3	4	5	6	7	8
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16	17	18	19	20	21	22
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Philippine Bishops Sound Alarm on Online Gambling Crisis: “A New Virus Destroying Our People”

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Against the Dalai Lama, the CCP Deploys the False Panchen Lama

Fires set by Jewish settlers threaten the town of Taybeh, the only completely Christian town in the world

Irish nun receives Presidential Award in Zambia

An Open Letter to the Bishops of Latin America

California bishop waives Mass precept for immigrant Catholics in the face of Trump raids

PHOTO GALLERY: For the first time a Papal Nuncio presides at Mass in Canterbury’s Anglican cathedral

Chilean census reveals sharp decline in Catholicism: what is the current percentage of Catholics?