Mozambique: Famine, disease and thirst predicted due to Islamist terrorism

Feb 27, 2024 01:31

militant groups affiliated with Daesh (ISIS) have raided more than 12 villages, causing the population to flee to cities in search of safety. Photo: Aid to the Church in Need

Local Church•Religious Freedom

USA: bishops release first report on religious freedom in the country

The report identifies a wide range of concerns, such as federal agencies misusing laws meant to aid pregnant women in order to promote abortion, threats to the safety of our Jewish and Muslim neighbors, and hostility toward ministries serving migrants and refugees, and suggests how individuals and communities can respond.

Jan 16, 2024 21:03

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Religious Freedom•Testimonies

King Charles III meets survivors of persecution

The King listened as Father Alfred Ebalu, a survivor of abduction, death threats and violence in Nigeria, highlighted growing persecution of Christians and others in Africa’s most populous country.

Dec 09, 2022 20:14

John Pontifex

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom•Testimonies

Poignant: Was the Departure of Mother Teresa’s Nuns, Expelled from Nicaragua by Daniel Ortega’s Regime

The diocese of Tilarán – Liberia, distributed photographs of the nuns’ exodus, expelled from the interior of Nicaragua.

Jul 08, 2022 13:55

Redacción zenit

Religious Freedom

Faith Sustains Americans During Pandemic

2020 Becket Religious Freedom Index

Dec 10, 2020 01:17

Jim Fair

Religious Freedom

Archbishop Nassar: Christians in Damascus Reject Closure of Churches Due to Pandemic

Comments from Maronite Archbishop

Dec 02, 2020 16:22

ZENIT Staff

From Africa to Spain via Monaco: this is Leo XIV’s global travel schedule for 2026

The schedule outlines three distinct journeys: a ten-day pilgrimage across four African nations, a one-day visit to Monaco, and a six-day trip to Spain that will culminate in the Canary Islands. Together, they form a carefully calibrated map of priorities that blends history, diplomacy, evangelization and social concern.

Did Pope Leo XIV speak out against the Spanish party Vox, which is aligned with the Trump administration?

The episode underscores how quickly nuanced papal language can be refracted through national political debates—and how carefully episcopal conferences now feel compelled to guard the boundary between pastoral guidance and partisan interpretation

Mozambique: Famine, disease and thirst predicted due to Islamist terrorism

Lent pro-life volunteers alarmed as Germany considers UK-style censorship zones to criminalise help and prayer near abortion organisations

Mozambique: clergy forced to flee, churches burned as violence escalates

Attack in Catholic Church in Istanbul: More Details Come to Light

Archbishop testifies to Islamic violence against Christians in Pakistan before British Parliament

Pope creates new diocese in China and appoints bishop, in agreement with country’s communist government

This is what the first report on religious freedom in the U.S. prepared by the country’s Catholic bishops says

USA: bishops release first report on religious freedom in the country

King Charles III meets survivors of persecution

Poignant: Was the Departure of Mother Teresa’s Nuns, Expelled from Nicaragua by Daniel Ortega’s Regime

Faith Sustains Americans During Pandemic

Archbishop Nassar: Christians in Damascus Reject Closure of Churches Due to Pandemic