Cardinal Koovakad Appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Jan 30, 2025 17:34

ZENIT Staff

Cardinal Koovakad is a member of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Photo: Vatican News

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

Pro Life

META (Facebook and Instagram) restores important pro-life social media accounts in the U.S.

Meta’s restoration of the specific accounts also comes in the immediate wake of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement of major changes at the company—including a badly needed series of improvements and clarifications to its content moderation policies

Jan 23, 2025 08:14

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV Meets with Victims of Abuse in Spain

During the conversation, which lasted almost an hour, each of those present, drawing on their own painful personal experiences, offered the Pope proposals for a more effective Church response to these tragic cases.

The Pope’s powerful homily on the Feast of Corpus Christi: may religiosity not be a museum of the past, but a school of faith from which we can draw inspiration even today

Homily by the Holy Father on the occasion of Corpus Christi in Madrid

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Cardinal Koovakad Appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

France, The Country Where More Churches Are Set On Fire

U.S. Ambassador in Mexico Acknowledges Work of the Catholic Church

St. Joseph, the baby Jesus and God’s dream in his life: a brief catechesis by Pope Francis

Joe Biden Formally Joins Freemasonry the Day Before Leaving the Presidency of the United States

“Christ Paisa” Sculpture Is Inaugurated in Colombia: The Largest of Latin America

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

META (Facebook and Instagram) restores important pro-life social media accounts in the U.S.