Why Are Several African Countries Attacking Freedom of Religion?

Aug 28, 2024 18:19

Africa has had to contend with many viruses. It seems that the virus threatening religious liberty is spreading quicker than expected. Photo: Política Exterior

Vatican employees, who question the true nature of their work and sense of belonging to a community

The scientists were able to determine the antiquity of the Shroud when studying the deterioration of the linen’s cellulose, a process that occurs gradually over time.

The monument was inaugurated in a ceremony filled with religious fervor, located strategically between Avenida Rio Branco and Avenida Presidente Wilson.

Saint Monica's tomb is situated in a side chapel to the right of the main altar, a position that underscores her importance within the church.

Persecuted Christians

150 killed (22 of them Christians) in “unprecedented” Islamist attack in Burkina Faso

A group of more than 100 jihadists opened fire on both soldiers and civilians digging defensive trenches to protect themselves in Barsalogho, central Burkina Faso

Aug 27, 2024 17:51

Amy Balog

Rome

Congress specialized in ecclesial institutional communication in the context of Jubilee 2025 for communicators announced

This international forum, held every two years, is directed to communications officials from dioceses, ecclesial circumscriptions, episcopal conferences, congregations, institutes of consecrated life, movements and other Church realities.

Aug 27, 2024 17:48

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Research Indicates That Discrimination Against Christians in Europe Has Increased by 44%

OIDAC Europe’s 2022/23 Annual Report pointed out a 44% increase in hate crimes against Christians, with a total of 749 incidents recorded, the majority of which were acts of vandalism and arson.

Aug 27, 2024 05:38

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Vatican City

Nicaraguan Dictator Accuses Vatican of Being a “Fascist Conglomerate”

He made these statements during a virtual meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), a political and economic coalition, which brings together ten countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, including Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba and Bolivia.

Aug 27, 2024 05:35

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope to Lebanese after 4 years of explosion: “with you I ask for truth and justice, which have not yet arrived”

Pope’s words to a group of Lebanese, relatives of victims killed in Beirut port explosions

Aug 26, 2024 17:56

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV and his impressive and comprehensive reflection on our times, troubled by a growing number of tensions and conflicts

Address of the Pope to members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See for the presentation of New Year greetings

Cardinals will return to Rome for a new Consistory in June 2026 requested by Pope Leo XIV

The January gathering brought together 170 cardinals, both electors and non-electors, marking the first such assembly of Leo XIV’s pontificate. The June meeting, he explained, will not be an isolated event

Why Are Several African Countries Attacking Freedom of Religion?

Vatican’s Lay Employees Raise Their Voice Against Labour Reforms and Call An Assembly for September

New Scientific Study Proves That The Holy Shroud Dates Back to Jesus Christ’s Time

Questions about liturgy: Vestments for Altar Servers

Monumental statue dedicated to the Eucharist inaugurated in Rio de Janeiro

Pope Francis visits the tomb of St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine, in downtown Rome

New S*exual Colonialism in UN Treaty on Development

150 killed (22 of them Christians) in “unprecedented” Islamist attack in Burkina Faso

Congress specialized in ecclesial institutional communication in the context of Jubilee 2025 for communicators announced

Research Indicates That Discrimination Against Christians in Europe Has Increased by 44%

Nicaraguan Dictator Accuses Vatican of Being a “Fascist Conglomerate”

Pope to Lebanese after 4 years of explosion: “with you I ask for truth and justice, which have not yet arrived”