Trump Reinstates ‘Mexico City Policy’ in Sweeping Pro-Life Move

Jan 30, 2025 17:36

ZENIT Staff

The executive order, signed on January 24, reverses the 2021 directive by former President Joe Biden

Cardinal Koovakad is a member of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Discalced Carmelites leave Nicaragua amid government persecution

The departure of the Carmelite friars is part of a broader pattern of hostility toward the Catholic Church under the Ortega-Murillo regime

Jan 25, 2025 18:29

Enrique Villegas

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Pro-Russian Regime Sentences Catholic Priest to 11 Years in Prison

An additional ten priests were arrested in Byelorussia during 2023; three of them still remain detained, reported the Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need.

Jan 23, 2025 08:29

Rafael Llanes

Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

Nicaraguan Dictatorship Closes Foundation of Dominican Nuns

The cancellation of the organizations arose from two Ministerial Agreements approved by the Minister of the Interior, Maria Amelia Coronel Kinloch. In 2024 alone, the dictatorship cancelled 1,700 non-profit organizations: 678 belonged to the Catholic and Evangelical Churches.

Jan 23, 2025 08:23

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Terminology for Sacred Places

A series of attacks on Christian communities in December, including on Christmas day, left dozens dead, according to recent reports from local Church sources to Aid to the Church in Need.

Jan 23, 2025 08:20

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Massacre of Christians in Nigeria

A series of attacks on Christian communities in December, including on Christmas day, left dozens dead, according to recent reports from local Church sources to Aid to the Church in Need.

Jan 23, 2025 08:16

ZENIT Staff

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Discalced Carmelites leave Nicaragua amid government persecution

Pro-Russian Regime Sentences Catholic Priest to 11 Years in Prison

Nicaraguan Dictatorship Closes Foundation of Dominican Nuns

Questions about liturgy: Terminology for Sacred Places

Massacre of Christians in Nigeria