Archdiocese of Chicago brings alleged fraudsters who allegedly posed as abuse victims to trial

Apr 03, 2025 18:49

ZENIT Staff

Daniel McCormack Photo: Sun-Times File

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Blessing of the Chrism Oil

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology and director of the Sacerdos Institute at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Apr 01, 2025 21:16

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

[Photo Gallery] This is How Rupnik’s Mosaics in Lourdes Have Been Covered, and Here is the Bishop’s Explanation

To the question if this is the first step before removing Rupnik’s mosaics definitively, the Bishop of Lourdes-Tarbes responded: “It’s not a first step but a second! The first was to stop illuminating them at night, during processions, starting last July.»

Apr 01, 2025 21:14

Covadonga Asturias

Protection of vulnerable people

Former world leader of Anglicans resigned over mishandling of abuse cases reappears on the BBC

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Admits Failure in Handling Abuse Case

Apr 01, 2025 21:08

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Australian Bishops call Catholics to vote with conscience and compassion in Jubilee Year

They address the increasing polarisation in political discourse, warning against the dangers of division and urging peaceful, respectful dialogue. Drawing attention to recent instances of political violence in Australia, they ‘condemn entirely the anti-Semitism that has arisen in our society, as we condemn all forms of hatred or discrimination towards our fellow human beings.’

Apr 01, 2025 21:03

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Woman

Syria: Catholic woman to be in new Muslim-majority government as labor minister

The announcement over the weekend by President al-Sharaa, who confirms the commitment to build ‘a new state’. He should remain in office for five years and lead the country to the writing of the new Constitution and the first post-Assad political elections. The Kurds have rejected the new government, denouncing the lack of (real) involvement of minorities.

Apr 01, 2025 20:59

ZENIT Staff

Ceasefire on the Brink: Pope Leo XIV, Global Powers and the Moral Battle Over War in the Middle East

What distinguishes the present moment is not only the danger of renewed escalation, but the convergence of multiple crises: military, economic, diplomatic and moral

Holiness and the Evangelical Counsels Explained in Light of the Second Vatican Council by Pope Leo XIV

The Pope’s General Audience, April 8, 2026, on holiness and the evangelical counsels

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Archdiocese of Chicago brings alleged fraudsters who allegedly posed as abuse victims to trial

Pope Francis approves canonizations of first Venezuelan saint and first saint from Papua New Guinea

Historic drop in priestly ordinations in Germany by 2025 (these are the 4 exceptions)

Study reveals that 2 out of 10 adults have abandoned the faith they grew up in: Christianity and Buddhism most affected

Planned Parenthood: The “Non-Profit” Organization with Million- Dollar Fees

Why Men and Women’s Brains Are Wired Differently — And How It Affects Us All

Israeli strikes on Beirut while Aoun is in Paris to shore up the fragile truce

Questions about liturgy: Blessing of the Chrism Oil

[Photo Gallery] This is How Rupnik’s Mosaics in Lourdes Have Been Covered, and Here is the Bishop’s Explanation

Former world leader of Anglicans resigned over mishandling of abuse cases reappears on the BBC

Australian Bishops call Catholics to vote with conscience and compassion in Jubilee Year

Syria: Catholic woman to be in new Muslim-majority government as labor minister