The Pope’s Health on Tuesday, April 1: Improvements in Motor Skills, Breathing and Voice

Apr 01, 2025 11:31

There have been no special visits: the health personnel and his closest collaborators are present. Foto: Remo Casilli/Reuters l Fabio Frustaci / EFE

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

This Is How Religious Persecution Has Increased in Nicaragua So Far in 2025, with the Government’s Insults to the Vatican

Since 2019, 11,763 processions have been banned or supressed by Daniel Ortega’s regime in Nicaragua. Since then, harassment and restrictions on religious freedom have prevented public religious demonstrations, such as processions or the open-air Via Crucis during Holy Week. In 2024, 4,800 processions were cancelled.

Mar 30, 2025 19:46

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Jesuits acknowledge failures in Rupnik abuse scandal and offer victims path to healing

The Jesuit letter invited each victim to express their personal needs and the kind of support they require, stating that any form of reparation would be tailored to the individual. However, the order also maintained that, to protect victims’ privacy, it would not publicly disclose details of these dialogues.

Mar 30, 2025 19:41

Valentina di Giorgio

Gender Ideology

Sweden Protestants will only employ priests willing to “marry” same-sex couples

The controversy extends beyond legal arguments and touches on deep theological concerns. Historically, the Church of Sweden transitioned from blessing same-sex couples to officiating their marriages. Now, it appears poised to make officiating such unions a requirement for newly ordained clergy.

Mar 30, 2025 19:30

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

French Laïcité vs. American Secularism

When Americans look at bans on religious clothing in France, they should remember the broader historical and social context, and that laïcité remains a decisively French answer to universal problems.

Mar 28, 2025 18:32

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land

Names of more than 50,000 people killed in Gaza by Israel published

The 981 page list makes chilling reading. One researcher said: «Reading out of names of the Gaza dead is a very spiritual ritual. Though at 10 names per minute it would take 83 hours non stop to read them all out

Mar 28, 2025 18:30

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 Pope’s Health on Tuesday, April 1: Improvements in Motor Skills, Breathing and Voice

USA: Catholic bishops release joint report with evangelicals on impact of mass deportations on Christian families

This is the new archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church chosen by Pope Francis

Reconstruction of the face of St. Teresa of Jesus: this is what her face looked like according to science

Vincent, the boy alive thanks to a miracle attributed to Cardinal George Pell

Attempted Satanic Ritual at Kansas State Capitol Ends in Arrest and Catholic Counter-Protest

«I’m Living a Time of Healing»: This Is the State of the Pope’s Health After a Week in the Vatican

This Is How Religious Persecution Has Increased in Nicaragua So Far in 2025, with the Government’s Insults to the Vatican

Jesuits acknowledge failures in Rupnik abuse scandal and offer victims path to healing

Sweden Protestants will only employ priests willing to “marry” same-sex couples

French Laïcité vs. American Secularism

Names of more than 50,000 people killed in Gaza by Israel published