Ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, Pope Francis Institutes a Commission That Will Recognize Catholic Martyrs and Those of Other Christian Confessions

Jul 05, 2023 19:22

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism•Testimonies

Good news: interfaith dialogue bears fruit in Pakistan, says bishop

Bishop Shukardin launched the area’s first interfaith dialogue meetings, which are now organised by Fr Shahzad Khokhar, a Franciscan friar and project partner of Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).

Jul 04, 2023 14:22

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians

Killings of Nigeriani Christians on the rise

The report Nigeria: Unfolding Genocide? highlights research by Open Doors showing that 89 percent of all Christians killed worldwide are in Nigeria and that the country’s government has “yet to respond adequately to the crisis”.

Jul 04, 2023 14:15

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

The Problem of Suicide Among the Catholic Clergy: Alarm Raised Given the Increase in Some Countries

Priests also cry and suffer from mental health problems. Alarm in some countries the increase in suicides.

Jul 03, 2023 14:38

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

This is what the Pope asks of Catholics for the month of July: to put the Eucharist at the center of life

Pope Francis affirms that the Eucharist “gives us the courage to go out of ourselves, and to open ourselves to others with love.” Explaining that “it is Christ who offers Himself” in the Eucharist, Pope Francis asks “that our lives be nourished by Him and nourish the lives of our brothers and sisters.”

Jul 03, 2023 14:21

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

U.S. Bishops’ Religious Liberty Chairman on Supreme Court’s Ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis

The case, 303 Creative v. Elenis, was about a website designer named Lorie Smith whose religious beliefs preclude her from creating websites celebrating same-sex weddings.

Jul 03, 2023 13:58

ZENIT Staff

“I’ve never seen anything like it”: Leon XIV recounts his trip to Africa and the impact his encounter with prisoners in Guinea had on him

General Audience with the Pope, April 29, 2026, on the Apostolic Journey to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea

Some Characteristics of the Papal Diplomatic Priest: The Tasks Assigned by Leo XIV to Those Preparing to Become His Ambassadors

Address by the Holy Father to the community of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy on the occasion of its 325th anniversary

Ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, Pope Francis Institutes a Commission That Will Recognize Catholic Martyrs and Those of Other Christian Confessions

“I’ll Do Things My Way”: The New Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith Talks About the German Synod and Blessings to Gay Couples

Cardinal Parolin and human trafficking: new sculpture of St. Bakhita blessed

Nicaragua: Ortega’s Police Raze Nuns’ House and Expels Them

Strasbourg Endorses Poland’s Ban on Abortion for Foetal Malformations

USA: Opponents of free speech rev up misinformation engine following historic 303 Creative ruling

A cardinal in Moscow, the power of the powerless

Good news: interfaith dialogue bears fruit in Pakistan, says bishop

Killings of Nigeriani Christians on the rise

The Problem of Suicide Among the Catholic Clergy: Alarm Raised Given the Increase in Some Countries

This is what the Pope asks of Catholics for the month of July: to put the Eucharist at the center of life

U.S. Bishops’ Religious Liberty Chairman on Supreme Court’s Ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis