How clergy and religious grapple with chastity in the tech age

Jul 24, 2025 20:42

ZENIT Staff

Photo: Opus Dei

Religious Freedom

New York photographer wins freedom to express messages consistent with her beliefs on marriage

New York state law forces photographer and blogger Emilee Carpenter to create photographs and blogs celebrating same-sex weddings if she does so for weddings between one man and one woman. Penalties for violating the law include fines of up to $100,000, a revoked business license, and up to a year in jail.

Jul 23, 2025 22:51

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Timothy Schmalz’s “Homeless Jesus” installed and blessed in Santiago de Compostela

The work, inspired by the Gospel of Saint Matthew, invites us to see Christ in the marginalized of our society.

Jul 23, 2025 22:48

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Justice and Peace

Ten Years After the Vatican’s Recognition of Palestine as a State, the UN Visits Catholic Parish in Gaza

On July 1, a United Nations delegation (specifically the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) visited the Holy Family parish, a Latin Rite Catholic church in Gaza, where hundreds of Catholic, Orthodox, and Muslim people are sheltered, displaced by the war.

Jul 23, 2025 20:19

Rafael Llanes

Cardinals and Bishops•Holy Land

“We return from Gaza with broken hearts”: Cardinal Pizzaballa at press conference in Jerusalem

The conference opened with a video prepared by the Latin Patriarchate’s Media Office, featuring real scenes from Gaza that illustrated the severe humanitarian suffering and the vast destruction left by the war. Special focus was given to the Holy Family Latin Parish, which has become a refuge for dozens of displaced families—Christians and Muslims alike.

Jul 22, 2025 22:42

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Religious Freedom

Federal Court Halts Washington Law That Threatened Seal of Confession

Senate Bill 5375, passed by the state legislature earlier this year, sought to compel clergy to report child abuse and neglect, even when such information was disclosed during confession—a move that drew swift and vocal opposition from religious leaders, legal experts, and constitutional scholars

Jul 22, 2025 22:35

Tim Daniels

Pope Leo XIV “responds” to Trump’s threat regarding Iran’s extinction: here is what he said

The Pope’s remarks echoed and reinforced his Easter message delivered during the Urbi et Orbi on April 5, where he had already called on those with the power to wage war to lay down their arms and choose dialogue

Two interpretations of the empty tomb, only one to choose: Pope Leo XIV’s reflection

Address on the occasion of the Regina Coeli prayer on Monday, April 6, 2026

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6	7	8	9	10	11	12
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How clergy and religious grapple with chastity in the tech age

The world’s largest mural dedicated to a pope: Argentina unveils mural dedicated to Pope Francis

US Olympic Committee bans biological men who identify as women from competing against women in women’s sports

Ukraine’s ultimatum to Russian Orthodox Christians

After 51 days in captivity, 11 hostages, including a priest, are freed in Nigeria

New Wave of Violence Against Christian Communities in Syria: Greek-Catholic Church Attacked and Bomb Plot Foiled at Maronite Church

How many Christians remain in Gaza after nearly two years of war? These are the data

New York photographer wins freedom to express messages consistent with her beliefs on marriage

Timothy Schmalz’s “Homeless Jesus” installed and blessed in Santiago de Compostela

Ten Years After the Vatican’s Recognition of Palestine as a State, the UN Visits Catholic Parish in Gaza

“We return from Gaza with broken hearts”: Cardinal Pizzaballa at press conference in Jerusalem

Federal Court Halts Washington Law That Threatened Seal of Confession