How many missionaries were killed in 2024? List released

Jan 03, 2025 20:23

The annual list proposed by Fides, as it has been for some time, does not refer only to missionaries and pastoral workers “ad gentes” Photo: ANSA Latina

the Vatican formally launches his cause for beatification and canonization

Local Church

USA: New Glossary Breaks Ground in Tackling Antisemitism Through a Catholic Lens

Translate Hate: The Catholic Edition is the product of investment in Catholic and Jewish leadership dialogue. It is the latest, but not the last, installment in deepening and extending the infrastructure, educational tools, and reach of Catholic-Jewish relations.

Dec 20, 2024 18:39

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Francis

Pope Francis Extends a Hand of Compassion to Ukraine This Christmas

Cardinal Krajewski’s journey across Ukraine will not simply be about delivering equipment. It will be a pilgrimage of presence, as he visits communities ravaged by violence to listen, pray, and share in their struggles. His goal is to help open “the door of hope” in hearts burdened by despair and to stand as a symbol of global solidarity.

Dec 20, 2024 18:35

ZENIT Staff

Pro Life

Amnesty International Says Abortionists are Human Rights Defenders

The report was written by the leading global abortion providers MSI Reproductive Choices and the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the International Confederation of Midwives, and a handful of other groups whose sole focus is promoting and providing abortion internationally.

Dec 20, 2024 18:32

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Baptism, doubts and validity. Two burning and difficult questions

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.

Dec 20, 2024 18:30

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City

Vatican Court Issues Sentences for Embezzlement in the Sistine Chapel Choir

The case arose in 2023 after complains and controversies posed by parents of the Pueri Cantores, members of the children’s choir. They denounced that the children’s participation in public acts was not aligned with the Choir’s original mission, founded in 1471 as “College of Singing Chaplains.”

Dec 20, 2024 09:43

Rafael Llanes

This is what the letter says—the surprising and important letter that Leo XIV sent to the cardinals ahead of the Consistory in June 2026

Letter from Pope Leo XIV to the cardinals ahead of the upcoming consistory in 2026

Although there are no diplomatic relations, the President of the National Assembly of Vietnam invites Pope Leo XIV to visit the country

The President of the National Assembly in Hanoi presented the Pope with a letter from the President, who is now firmly at the helm of power in Vietnam. It was precisely internal disagreements over the local political balance of power that had slowed down the preparations for the visit, which is so eagerly awaited by the Catholic community. Cardinal Parolin is due to visit soon to establish full diplomatic relations. The possibility of 2027, when the Pope is already expected in Seoul for World Youth Day.

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How many missionaries were killed in 2024? List released

Pope Francis begins 2025 by asking all Catholics to pray for this intention

Christmas Break at ZENIT

Pope’s article in The New York Times: There Is Faith in Humor

The process of beatification of King Baudouin of Belgium officially begins: Vatican and Pope give their approval

Work and family: the Pope’s Christmas reflection to Vatican employees

On benedicence: a great reflection by the Pope for cardinals of the Roman Curia useful for every Catholic

USA: New Glossary Breaks Ground in Tackling Antisemitism Through a Catholic Lens

Pope Francis Extends a Hand of Compassion to Ukraine This Christmas

Amnesty International Says Abortionists are Human Rights Defenders

Questions about liturgy: Baptism, doubts and validity. Two burning and difficult questions

Vatican Court Issues Sentences for Embezzlement in the Sistine Chapel Choir