A Cathedral That Never Stood: Congo’s Anglicans Face Fresh Wounds After Collapse of Beni’s Long-Awaited Church

Sep 09, 2025 18:07

The cathedral’s fall, in this sense, is more than an architectural failure. It is a parable of persistence in a land where nearly every act of building—whether of homes, schools, or churches—requires defying the odds. Photo: ACNS

Local Church•Testimonies

Finland: Priests travel long distances to accompany the growing Catholic community

Finland is one of the richest countries in the world, ranked 13th on the Human Development Index, but the Catholic Church there is among the poorest in Europe.

Aug 07, 2025 08:24

ZENIT Staff

Testimonies•Vatican Diplomacy

US Senate approves appointment of Catholic from same city as Pope Leo as new ambassador

Burch, co-founder of CatholicVote, brings to the post a profile that blends religious conviction, political activism, and family life

Aug 04, 2025 17:58

ZENIT Staff

Testimonies

Navigating Compassion: Sailor Honored for Transforming a Journey into a Lifeline

Behind the scenes, Fairman assumed every role: skipper, engineer, communicator, host, fundraiser, and even press liaison. With his wife Deirdre anchoring efforts from land, he chronicled his odyssey with humility and clarity, engaging local and national media while continuing the day-to-day labor of sailing and outreach.

Jul 25, 2025 13:23

ZENIT Staff

Testimonies•Vocations

Josh Brooks Was a Baptist Youth Who Dreamed of Being the Next LeBron James. But God Wanted Him to Be a Catholic and a Priest!

Josh spent two years in seventh and eighth grade working hard to make the first basketball team at Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast High School, and then disaster struck.

Jul 14, 2025 12:15

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Testimonies

Irish nun receives Presidential Award in Zambia

She is the second Irish nun to receive this award from the President of Zambia in recent years Last year, the award was conferred on Sr Mary Courtney of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa and a native of Ballyjamesduff in Co. Cavan.

Jul 11, 2025 17:56

ZENIT Staff

Leo XIV perfects the mission of the Pontifical Academy for Life

The 2026 update is narrower in scope. Its most visible innovation is the formal introduction of “collaborators” — a new category distinct from the academy’s academic members.

Pope Leo XIV, the US-Iran war, and a forceful call in a Middle East on the brink of the abyss

The reverberations are being felt most acutely by Christian minorities already living on fragile ground

A Cathedral That Never Stood: Congo’s Anglicans Face Fresh Wounds After Collapse of Beni’s Long-Awaited Church

Catholic member of British royal family to have Catholic funeral attended by the King and Queen of England

Despite the Israeli army’s full incursion into Gaza, priests and nuns will remain in the city as witnesses of charity

«Adoption Is Not a ‘Plan B’, It’s a True Vocation»: Young Influencers Who Bet on Adoption

New book reveals inner suffering of one of the visionaries of Our Lady of Fatima in the face of misunderstandings and restrictions imposed by the Vatican

2025 “People of Life” Awards Recognize the Work of Pro-Life Heroes

Brazilian Catholic priest takes Volkswagen to court for modern slavery

Finland: Priests travel long distances to accompany the growing Catholic community

US Senate approves appointment of Catholic from same city as Pope Leo as new ambassador

Navigating Compassion: Sailor Honored for Transforming a Journey into a Lifeline

Josh Brooks Was a Baptist Youth Who Dreamed of Being the Next LeBron James. But God Wanted Him to Be a Catholic and a Priest!

Irish nun receives Presidential Award in Zambia