Muslims destroyed their church, but Catholics still go there on Sundays

Jul 02, 2024 17:16

The faith of the Christian community in Muslim-majority Mocímboa da Praia remains strong despite no priests or religious being left in the town Photo: Aid to the Church in Need

Paulette Harlow was found guilty in November 2023 of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances

He maintains his priestly service in the Roman parish of Saint Josemaria Escriva.

Bishop Samson Shukardin, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan

Nurse Margaret Attah – who lost both legs and an eye in the atrocity and has been in a wheelchair since then

Gender Ideology•Religious Freedom•Testimonies

Professional footballer suspended 4 games for refusing to support LGBT campaign in Ligue 1 match

Besides covering up the “homophobia” badge on his jersey with tape, Camara reportedly chose not to partake in a pre-match group picture featuring a banner with a similar message against “homophobia.”

Jun 03, 2024 18:13

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Testimonies

Real Madrid Goes to the Cathedral to Offer the Champions League Cup to the Virgin of Almudena

Real Madrid went on Sunday afternoon, June 2, to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Almudena, to offer the Patroness of the Spanish capital, the 15th Champions League, which it won on Saturday night in London, against Borussia Dortmund.

Jun 03, 2024 06:12

ZENIT Staff

Testimonies•Vocations

A deaf-mute is ordained as a Catholic priest for the first time in Indian history

The 38-year-old member of the Congregation of the Holy Cross graduated from college in Mumbai before embracing the religious life. The new priest told AsiaNews: “My vocation and mission as a priest are to provide all the Sacraments in the Indian Sign Language to all deaf Catholics in India” as well as “support God calling” them to the religious life.

May 31, 2024 10:28

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Testimonies

After 7 months without being able to return, Catholic priest manages to re-enter his parish in Gaza

He highlighted that 36 Christians have perished in Gaza since the conflict began, “20 of whom died due to Israeli army bombings or sniper fire”, while “the others primarily succumbed to the lack of medicine”.

May 30, 2024 17:43

Amy Balog

Liturgy and Divine Worship•Testimonies•Woman

Sale of Women’s Veils for Mass Grows by 2000%: Influencers Also Use Them

He started in 2010 in a corner of his kitchen, serving between 30 and 60 orders a month. Now there are 12 people working in an office in Kimmswick, the historic Missouri city. They fulfill an average of 900 orders per month, including wholesale orders

May 28, 2024 17:20

ZENIT Staff

Photo Gallery: Leo XIV Now Has An Official Mosaic to Enrich St. Paul’s Basilica, and This Is How He Reacted When It Was Shown to Him

Just over eight months after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican Mosaic Workshop has completed the mosaic portrait for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, at the request of the Archpriest of the Basilica, Cardinal James Michael Harvey.

How Jesus Christ transforms man’s relationship with God, according to Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s general audience, January 14, 2026, on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation

Muslims destroyed their church, but Catholics still go there on Sundays

Woman Who Will Experience Canonization of Her Son: Impressions of Carlo Acutis’ Mother

Priest and sisters care for internally displaced and malnourished amid ‘unimaginable destruction’ in Sudan

75-year-old woman sent to jail for opposing abortion: judge mocks her

Priest with Lateral Sclerosis: “As a Sick Priest, I Hope to Give Meaning to Others’ Disease”

Proliferation of false accusations of blasphemy by Muslims against Christians, Catholic bishop calls for help from other countries

Nigeria: church ‘always full’ two years after massacre despite lack of justice

Professional footballer suspended 4 games for refusing to support LGBT campaign in Ligue 1 match

Real Madrid Goes to the Cathedral to Offer the Champions League Cup to the Virgin of Almudena

A deaf-mute is ordained as a Catholic priest for the first time in Indian history

After 7 months without being able to return, Catholic priest manages to re-enter his parish in Gaza

Sale of Women’s Veils for Mass Grows by 2000%: Influencers Also Use Them