20,000 pilgrims from 90 countries arrive in Rome for Jubilee of the Sick

Apr 03, 2025 18:58

20,000 people accompanied Pope Francis in his Sunday address and in the recitation of the Marian prayer of the Angelus Photo: Vatican Media

Analysis Opinion•Woman

Why Men and Women’s Brains Are Wired Differently — And How It Affects Us All

Why would this be? Why would men and women respond differently to essentially identical brain damage? This is why: in women, language and spatial skills are controlled by both sides of the brain, while in the male brain, each is limited to one hemisphere. So, when one side was damaged, the women could compensate, whereas the men could not.

Apr 02, 2025 17:48

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land

Israeli strikes on Beirut while Aoun is in Paris to shore up the fragile truce

The winds of war are blowing again between Israel and Lebanon after rockets are fired into Israel from Lebanon, followed by Israeli planes striking near the Lebanese capital. Hezbollah denies any involvement, and the agreement falters. President Aoun meets Macron and talks with Ahmad al-Shara to stabilise the border with Syria.

Apr 02, 2025 17:43

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Blessing of the Chrism Oil

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology and director of the Sacerdos Institute at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Apr 01, 2025 21:16

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

[Photo Gallery] This is How Rupnik’s Mosaics in Lourdes Have Been Covered, and Here is the Bishop’s Explanation

To the question if this is the first step before removing Rupnik’s mosaics definitively, the Bishop of Lourdes-Tarbes responded: “It’s not a first step but a second! The first was to stop illuminating them at night, during processions, starting last July.»

Apr 01, 2025 21:14

Covadonga Asturias

Protection of vulnerable people

Former world leader of Anglicans resigned over mishandling of abuse cases reappears on the BBC

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Admits Failure in Handling Abuse Case

Apr 01, 2025 21:08

ZENIT Staff

Ceasefire on the Brink: Pope Leo XIV, Global Powers and the Moral Battle Over War in the Middle East

What distinguishes the present moment is not only the danger of renewed escalation, but the convergence of multiple crises: military, economic, diplomatic and moral

Holiness and the Evangelical Counsels Explained in Light of the Second Vatican Council by Pope Leo XIV

The Pope’s General Audience, April 8, 2026, on holiness and the evangelical counsels

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20,000 pilgrims from 90 countries arrive in Rome for Jubilee of the Sick

Ortega Regime Seizes Matagalpa Diocese Headquarters in Latest Attack on Nicaragua’s Catholic Church

Archdiocese of Chicago brings alleged fraudsters who allegedly posed as abuse victims to trial

Pope Francis approves canonizations of first Venezuelan saint and first saint from Papua New Guinea

Historic drop in priestly ordinations in Germany by 2025 (these are the 4 exceptions)

Study reveals that 2 out of 10 adults have abandoned the faith they grew up in: Christianity and Buddhism most affected

Planned Parenthood: The “Non-Profit” Organization with Million- Dollar Fees

Why Men and Women’s Brains Are Wired Differently — And How It Affects Us All

Israeli strikes on Beirut while Aoun is in Paris to shore up the fragile truce

Questions about liturgy: Blessing of the Chrism Oil

[Photo Gallery] This is How Rupnik’s Mosaics in Lourdes Have Been Covered, and Here is the Bishop’s Explanation

Former world leader of Anglicans resigned over mishandling of abuse cases reappears on the BBC