Ukrainia: monks staying in Kherson despite misery and devastation

Jul 09, 2023 02:41

ZENIT Staff

Father Ignatius Moskalyuk. Photo: ACN

Local Church•Young People

Impressive: nearly 2,000 young Iraqi Catholics celebrate faith in the midst of a Muslim community

The Ankawa Youth Meeting (AYM) brought together leaders and young people from the Chaldean Catholic Church, the largest Christian denomination in Iraq.

Jul 05, 2023 19:28

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Testimonies of Faith

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

This initiative does not intend to establish new criteria for the canonical assessment of martyrdom, but to continue with the initial survey of those who, to this day, continue to be killed for the mere fact of being Christians.

Jul 05, 2023 19:22

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Rome

“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

A Spanish media outlet achieves one of the first interviews on current ecclesial issues with the new prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Jul 05, 2023 03:39

ZENIT Staff

Art and Culture•Testimonies

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

The Vatican Secretary of State was in charge of blessing the sculpture which evokes the figure of St. Josephine Bakhita with the intention of raising awareness of the problem of human trafficking.

Jul 04, 2023 16:35

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

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

This police intervention was possibly planned much earlier. According to La Gaceta, the Ministry of the Interior canceled its registration on Friday, June 30. It has been officially published on July 4, 2023.

Jul 04, 2023 14:43

ZENIT Staff

A letter from Pope Leo XIV has come to light in which he expressed his desire to remain in Peru for the rest of his life

The documents, recently uncovered by TV Perú Noticias and preserved by Peru’s National Migration Archive, offer a rare glimpse into the personal convictions of a man who, a decade later, would become Bishop of Rome

What is the liturgical year? Leo XIV explains it and warns against the “virtualization” of Sunday, the Lord’s Day

Pope’s General Audience, August 12, 2026, on the Liturgical Year

Ukrainia: monks staying in Kherson despite misery and devastation

Summer Surprise: Pope Will Create 21 New Cardinals in September 2023. Here Is The Complete List

WYD Lisbon to host First World Meeting of Evangelizers and Digital Missionaries at Catholic Influencers Festival

How the U.S. church helps the African church with an annual fundraiser

Armed group killed children in a Ugandan school while chanting their evening prayers

New cathedral to be consecrated in diocese shaken by terror

First “Guidelines” of The New Prefect of The Dicastery for The Doctrine of the Faith

Impressive: nearly 2,000 young Iraqi Catholics celebrate faith in the midst of a Muslim community

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