For the second time, Pope Francis speaks publicly about Fiducia Supplicans and makes clarifications

Jan 28, 2024 23:42

Valentina di Giorgio

plenary assembly to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Vocations

USA: This is how religious individuals who professed perpetual vows in 2023 are

Approximately eight out of ten respondents (82%) state that someone encouraged them to consider religious vocation. The most common sources of encouragement were the parish priest (45%), a religious sister/brother (44%), and a friend (41%).

Jan 26, 2024 22:12

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism•Pope Francis

«Theology of dialogue in charity»: Pope Francis’ proposal to Orthodox at Vatican

Address of the Pope to the members of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches

Jan 26, 2024 22:04

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Pope Francis

Pope Francis to Doctrine of the Faith: sacraments, dignity and faith in understanding the faith in the face of changes that characterize our time

Address of the Pope to the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Jan 26, 2024 21:52

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations•Young People

Ireland: after vocational winter, 15 new seminarians in the country by 2024

The fifteen new students are currently undertaking their Propaedeutic Programme in the Redemptoris Mater Seminary, Dundalk, Archdiocese of Armagh; Royal English College, Valladolid, Spain; and, Royal Scots College, Salamanca, Spain. These fifteen bring the total number of seminarians studying for the priesthood for Irish dioceses to 64.

Jan 25, 2024 23:55

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: more than 400 people died in one state alone in 2023 due to anti-Christian persecution

Extremists murdered 414 people and injured, raped or kidnapped almost 100 more in Benue State last year, according to a report sent to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) by Makurdi Diocese’s Foundation for Justice, Development and Peace.

Jan 25, 2024 23:40

Amy Balog

A Priest’s 3 Secrets: Leo XIV’s Beautiful Homily (and Task) at His Second Mass for Priestly Ordinations as Pope

The Pope’s Homily on the Occasion of the Priestly Ordinations during the World Day of Prayer for Vocations

The Death Penalty in the U.S.: On the Same Day, Pope Leo XIV and the Trump Administration Weigh In (With Opposing Views)

In 2025, 11 of those states carried out executions. In 2024, 9 states carried out the death penalty, and in 2023, 5

For the second time, Pope Francis speaks publicly about Fiducia Supplicans and makes clarifications

Anglicans use for the second time a Catholic basilica in Rome for their «mass»

Pope Francis explains the chains that take away our freedom (and why not to dialogue with the Devil)

Pope’s brief, beautiful and profound catechesis on the sacrament of Confirmation to hundreds of Italian children

Pope deepens «humanitarian diplomacy» before a hundred ambassadors of the Order of Malta

Participants in Muslims’ Pilgrimage to Mecca Increased by 58% in 2023

Government of Papua New Guinea Announces Pope’s Visit to the Country

USA: This is how religious individuals who professed perpetual vows in 2023 are

«Theology of dialogue in charity»: Pope Francis’ proposal to Orthodox at Vatican

Pope Francis to Doctrine of the Faith: sacraments, dignity and faith in understanding the faith in the face of changes that characterize our time

Ireland: after vocational winter, 15 new seminarians in the country by 2024

Nigeria: more than 400 people died in one state alone in 2023 due to anti-Christian persecution