Convert Jew Is Baptized in Madrid While His Son Prepares for His First Communion

Jan 24, 2024 23:45

Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist, the Sacraments that this convert Jew lived with increasing emotion with each Sacrament he received Photo: Archdiocese of Madrid

Testimonies

He Adored Satan While in the Prison, Until a New Adoration Chapel Changed Everything

Being innocent, a young Mexican was unjustly arrested and accused of kidnapping. He was sentenced to 70 years in prison. In jail, he embraced Satanism.

Dec 05, 2023 22:57

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Testimonies

The German Robert Barron: Monsignor Stefan Oster Says that Divisions in the German Church Are a “Disaster for the Faithful”

In an interview broadcast by the Polish Catholic Digital Gosc Niedzielny, Monsignor Oster, a firm opponent of the controversial Synodal Way, launched his harshest criticism to date on the state of the Catholic Church in his own country.

Dec 05, 2023 22:53

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Priest freed after more than a year in Islamist captivity

Father Hans-Joachim Lohre (affectionately known as Father Ha-Jo), a German priest who has lived in Mali for three decades, went missing on 20th November 2022 after celebrating Mass at a convent in Bamako, the country’s capital.

Nov 30, 2023 11:54

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Testimonies

Nun plays Santa Claus giving winter coats to thousands of underprivileged children in Syria

The project, led by Sister Annie and supported by ACN, will enable parents to give their children new clothes for Christmas, while also creating job opportunities for local workshops which are making the clothes for the project.

Nov 28, 2023 16:50

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Testimonies

Israeli Army Kills Another Christian Woman in Gaza: They Shot at Those Who Came to Her Aid; Car Is Responsible for the Death Blow

Farah, single, was a music professor who played the organ in the parish. Of Greek-Orthodox origin, she spent some time in a Baptist community and later was active in the Catholic parish. “She lived, prayed and took part in everything,” said Father Gabriel Romanelli.

Nov 27, 2023 15:11

Rafael Llanes

Pope Leo XIV calls the liturgy the “driving force of evangelization” and urges priests to respect liturgical texts and norms

The Pope’s General Audience, May 27, 2026, on Tradition and Reform in the Liturgy

Pope Leo XIV receives Spain’s atheist president amid a political crisis in the country he is about to visit

The approximately 45-minute private audience between Sánchez and the Pope unfolded against a turbulent domestic backdrop. On the same day, Spanish political debate was dominated by developments involving investigations linked to the Socialist Party and the legal scrutiny surrounding former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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He Was Muslim but the Virgin Mary Appeared to Him and on Christmas Eve He Became a Monk

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He Adored Satan While in the Prison, Until a New Adoration Chapel Changed Everything

The German Robert Barron: Monsignor Stefan Oster Says that Divisions in the German Church Are a “Disaster for the Faithful”

Priest freed after more than a year in Islamist captivity

Nun plays Santa Claus giving winter coats to thousands of underprivileged children in Syria

Israeli Army Kills Another Christian Woman in Gaza: They Shot at Those Who Came to Her Aid; Car Is Responsible for the Death Blow