Leader of Iraqi Catholics Leaves Baghdad after Government’s Harassment: Vatican Intervenes

Jul 18, 2023 02:12

ZENIT Staff

Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako. Photo: Rudaw

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

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

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

India: Hindutva nationalism to blame for violent clashes, bishop says

Extremists “want to terrorise” Christians and Muslims to try “to win over Hindus”.

Jun 21, 2023 05:19

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

When God is insulted… the Los Angeles archbishop’s response to the Dodgers

Homily of the Archbishop of Los Angeles on the Solemnity of Sacred Heart.

Jun 19, 2023 00:41

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: Catholic priests condemn sectarian comments by former Kano Governor

Catholic priests condemn sectarian comments by ex-Kano Governor. Priests call his speech: “divisive, bigoted, hateful and completely unstatesman-like”.

Jun 14, 2023 04:40

John Pontifex

“As King of Peace”: Leo XIV’s first homily (almost poetic and prayer-like) on Palm Sunday, delivered to a world at war

Homily by Pope Leo XIV on Palm Sunday 2026

Pope Meets with Israeli and Palestinian Women at the Vatican

Layla al-Sheik, a Palestinian mother who lost her son Qusay in the Second Intifada, and Elana Kaminka, mother of Yannai, an Israeli soldier killed on October 7, shared their memories with their children and future generations, urging them to build a better future.

Leader of Iraqi Catholics Leaves Baghdad after Government’s Harassment: Vatican Intervenes

USA: After Supreme Court’s landmark free speech ruling, photographers in KY, NY seek to also create freely

U.S. Bishops’ International Justice and Peace Chairman on the Status of Bishop Alvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua

Tabitha: My new life. Christian nurse tells of escape from her torturers

Tensions rise after burning of Qur’an in Sweden

Armed group killed children in a Ugandan school while chanting their evening prayers

Nicaragua: Ortega’s Police Raze Nuns’ House and Expels Them

Killings of Nigeriani Christians on the rise

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

India: Hindutva nationalism to blame for violent clashes, bishop says

When God is insulted… the Los Angeles archbishop’s response to the Dodgers

Nigeria: Catholic priests condemn sectarian comments by former Kano Governor