The Chinese Government and Its Code of Conduct for Internet Evangelization

Oct 21, 2025 15:50

ZENIT Staff

regulates the behaviour of religious clergy online and affects all "approved" religious denominations. Photo: Cathopic

Religious Freedom

Spanish Catholic priest found guilty of hate speech for telling the truth about Islam

At the center of the controversy is a 2016 essay titled “The Impossible Dialogue with Islam,” in which Ballester argued that genuine dialogue between Christianity and Islam remains unattainable under current conditions

Oct 07, 2025 10:16

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Religious Freedom

Beijing sets online rules for clergy: no sermons, no rituals, no educational activities

The Department of Religious Affairs has issued a new Internet code of conduct for priests and ministers of other faiths, who “must not engage in online activities as such”. The crackdown on educational initiatives for children has also been extended to the web with a ban on organising online religious training. Fundraisers to support places of worship or activities are out. Only the websites of authorised religious denominations are allowed.

Sep 17, 2025 18:26

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Religious Freedom

Strasbourg ruling leaves unresolved the issue of restrictions on worship and Masses during the pandemic

The judgment highlights a striking gap: the Strasbourg court has yet to issue a single ruling on pandemic-era restrictions and freedom of religion, despite years of appeals and the profound impact on faith communities

Sep 16, 2025 17:45

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Religious Freedom

WHO Continues Attack on Conscience Rights

According to the authors of the review, in the eleven countries they surveyed, they were unable to “identify any country or setting where conscientious objection was regulated in a way that was effective in ensuring the availability and accessibility of abortion in practice.”

Sep 15, 2025 17:27

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Religious Freedom

Little Sisters of the Poor initiate process to bring ruling against them by progressive judge to Supreme Court

The ruling, issued on August 13 by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sided with the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. At issue was whether the Trump administration had properly followed federal procedure when granting broad religious and moral exemptions from the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage mandate

Aug 20, 2025 21:59

ZENIT Staff

Leo XIV, Putin’s rejection of the Christmas truce, and disappointment with the Democratic governor of Illinois

Speaking on the evening of December 23, Leo XIV returned repeatedly to a single theme that framed his reflections: the meaning of life, human dignity, and the possibility of peace—even if only for a day.

Germans trust Leo XIV more than Islam: new survey results released

Data released from a representative Forsa poll indicate that 28 percent of Germans now say they place high or very high trust in the Pope

The Chinese Government and Its Code of Conduct for Internet Evangelization

U.S. Army Decision to End Chapel Contracts Sparks Outcry from Military Catholics

Washington government will no longer imprison priests who refuse to violate the seal of confession

Religious freedom explained by Leo XIV

Netanyahu at the UN: Palestinian Christians Denounce a Lie

The Other Global Shortage: A Hundred Million Christians Still Waiting for a Bible

European bishops call for EU Special Envoy for Religious Freedom

Spanish Catholic priest found guilty of hate speech for telling the truth about Islam

Beijing sets online rules for clergy: no sermons, no rituals, no educational activities

Strasbourg ruling leaves unresolved the issue of restrictions on worship and Masses during the pandemic

WHO Continues Attack on Conscience Rights

Little Sisters of the Poor initiate process to bring ruling against them by progressive judge to Supreme Court