Nuns in Angola: ‘We Hid in the Bread Oven to Escape Being Killed by the Bullets’

Apr 20, 2016 10:00

Oliver Maksan

Spirituality

Gospel Reading for Sunday, April 17th

JN 10: 27-30

Apr 17, 2016 13:17

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Patriarch Takes ‘Painful’ Stock of ISIS-ravaged Syrian Town

Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Says ‘If It Goes on Like This, We Christians in Syria Will Disappear…’

Apr 15, 2016 14:35

Oliver Maksan

Meetings•Spirituality

Pope Meets President of Bolivia

President Morales and Argentine Pontiff Discussed Current Socio-economic Situation of Latin American Country

Apr 15, 2016 13:18

ZENIT Staff

Spirituality

Lesbos: 'It Was Spontaneous Decision of Pope,' Says Vatican's Permanent Observer to UN

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic Comments on Imminent Pastoral Visit

Apr 15, 2016 12:37

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Nigerian Cardinal Calls for Negotiations to Help Chibok Girls

Speaking to Vatican Radio, Cardinal Onaiyekan Says Many Nigerians Are Embarrassed That Despite Global Campaign, Schoolgirls Have Not Been Rescued

Apr 15, 2016 11:54

ZENIT Staff

Will the Pope Go to South America? Leo XIV Calls the Vatican’s No. 3 Official for an In-Person Meeting at the Hospital. Here’s the Latest on the Pope’s Health

Leo received respiratory physiotherapy and completed mobility exercises, beginning to walk around his hospital room and carrying out daily activities independently. He has also returned to his usual diet, eating both breakfast and lunch. According to his doctors, his recovery is following the expected course.

He walks, eats normally, celebrates Mass, and does physical therapy: what you need to know after Pope Leo XIV’s surgery

The encouraging signs have prompted cautious optimism, but they do not yet provide a complete picture of his prognosis. The Vatican has confirmed that the cancerous tissue was removed, while the results needed to establish whether the disease had spread have not been made public

Nuns in Angola: ‘We Hid in the Bread Oven to Escape Being Killed by the Bullets’

Bishop Robert Barron: Porn and the Curse of Total Sexual Freedom

Holy Week Family Missions

LITURGY Q & A: On Transubstantiation

Pope's Video-Message for the 35th Anniversary of the Founding of the Astalli Center for Refugees

Ecuador: Tragic Earthquake Kills 272, Including Nun, 5 Postulants; Destroys Monastery

Statement on Bill C-14 by Canada's Catholic Bishops

Gospel Reading for Sunday, April 17th

Patriarch Takes ‘Painful’ Stock of ISIS-ravaged Syrian Town

Pope Meets President of Bolivia

Lesbos: 'It Was Spontaneous Decision of Pope,' Says Vatican's Permanent Observer to UN

Nigerian Cardinal Calls for Negotiations to Help Chibok Girls