Irish Parliament Moves Closer to Legalizing Assisted Dying Despite Heated Debate

Oct 29, 2024 15:31

Elizabeth Owens

legalizing assisted death under specific conditions Photo: Fundación Pablo VI

Bild: © Picture Alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Andrew Medichini (Symbolbild)

a document that marks a milestone in the Church’s response to the crisis of abuse that has shaken her in recent decades

A 14-year-old girl was defeated in a youth race by a transgender athlete

Specialists said that young people need help in their search for meaning and identity

Vatican City•Vatican Diplomacy

Work Stolen from the Roman Catacombs Is Recovered by the Dutch Government and Returned to the Vatican

The Vatican received the work, which has a funerary inscription of late Antiquity, of great historical and religious relevance.

Oct 27, 2024 10:10

Rafael Llanes

Pope Francis

Pope Francis explains the passage of Bartimaeus and applies it as a slogan for a “synodal church”

Homily of the Pope on the occasion of the concluding mass of the XVI Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Oct 27, 2024 10:03

ZENIT Staff

Angelus•Pope Francis

3 aspects of Jesus’ encounter with blind Bartimaeus briefly meditated by the Pope

Allocution on the occasion of the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, October 27, 2024

Oct 27, 2024 10:00

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Vatican City

Synod on synodality concludes: these are the 11 most rejected proposals

The Assembly has issued a Final Document consisting of 155 sections that does not constitute ecclesiastical magisterium. By the order of the Pope, it has been published immediately (in Italian and English). There is no plan for a Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation.

Oct 26, 2024 17:46

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Good News•Pro Life

17 children saved from abortion are baptized in Spain.

The president of the “Más Futuro Association”, Marta Velarde, states that the path to the Baptism celebration “has been very complicated because each mother has a different problem, but saving babies from abortion makes us deeply happy. Considering the especially difficult time, we are saving many children.»

Oct 26, 2024 10:13

Dante Alba, LC

A «Box Office» Pope: Vatican Reveals Number of People That Attended Events with Leo XIV in 2025

Between Pope Francis and Pope Leo, the total number of people received was 3,176,620.

Pope Leo XIV Named Treccani’s Person of the Year: A Pontificate of Subtle Strength and Measured Influence

By exercising quiet leadership, prioritizing pastoral care, and resisting the pressures to adopt extremes, he has positioned the Catholic Church as a thoughtful actor in global discussions on justice, peace, and human dignity

Irish Parliament Moves Closer to Legalizing Assisted Dying Despite Heated Debate

Pope Francis cuts cardinals and Curia salaries by another 10% as of Nov. 1

Abuse Is Not Related to Celibacy: Vatican Publishes First Annual Report on Policies for Protection of Minors

Index of Religious Freedom USA 2024: Seven Key States in Presidential Elections Show Worst Results

Questions about liturgy: The Divine Praises at Benediction

Male Self-Perceived Female Beats 14-Year-Old Girl in Sport: The Story of One Who Could Be Your Daughter

Study Shows That Trans Young People Increasingly Want to Return to Their Original Biological Sex

Work Stolen from the Roman Catacombs Is Recovered by the Dutch Government and Returned to the Vatican

Pope Francis explains the passage of Bartimaeus and applies it as a slogan for a “synodal church”

3 aspects of Jesus’ encounter with blind Bartimaeus briefly meditated by the Pope

Synod on synodality concludes: these are the 11 most rejected proposals

17 children saved from abortion are baptized in Spain.