Muslims destroyed their church, but Catholics still go there on Sundays

Jul 02, 2024 17:16

The faith of the Christian community in Muslim-majority Mocímboa da Praia remains strong despite no priests or religious being left in the town Photo: Aid to the Church in Need

in the Hall of the Consistory of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis presided over the celebration of the Canonical Hour of Terce of the Divine Office and the Ordinary Public Consistory for the Canonization of Blesseds.

Redemptorist Fathers Ivan Levitsky and Bohdan Geleta were freed last Friday 28th June

Approximately 50,000 altar servers are expected to attend, accompanied by the President of CIM

Pope Francis’s invitation to the entire Church to pray for this is a way of making visible that the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is by its nature communitarian and relational.

From Rome

Vatican Chronicles: Father Rupnik Divides the Roman Curia; Vacations, How Much Money Does the Pope Receive?

Week of June 24-30, 2024

Jul 01, 2024 06:09

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Angelus•Pope Francis

Does God label people? Pope Francis responds with Jesus’ «touch»

Allocution on the occasion of the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, June 30, 2024

Jun 30, 2024 18:13

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Local Church•Vatican City

New face-to-face meeting between German episcopate and Pope’s representatives at the Vatican

The bishops reported on the last meeting of the Synodal Committee – a temporary working body – during which the theological foundations and the possibility of the juridical realization of a national synodal body were discussed.

Jun 30, 2024 18:10

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Final Commendation at a Funeral Mass

Those priests who said that the final commendation is reserved to the presiding priest, and not the deacon, are indeed correct. This is not something that should normally be done even though there might be some exceptional pastoral circumstances

Jun 30, 2024 13:15

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Reforms Organization of the Vatican Basilica

In August 2021 Pope Francis established some transitory norms, which came to an end on June 29 of this year.

Jun 30, 2024 13:00

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Leo XIV writes to clergy around the world about holiness on the Feast of the Sacred Heart: the Pope’s letter that every priest should read

Letter from the Pope to all priests of the Catholic Church on the occasion of the Day for the Sanctification of Priests

León XIV traveled to Rome on the Spanish king’s private plane after the official plane that was supposed to transport him broke down: here’s what happened

What was supposed to be a routine return flight from Tenerife to Rome on June 12 transformed into an unusual episode that forced the Pontiff to abandon his scheduled aircraft and accept the personal assistance of King Felipe VI of Spain.

Muslims destroyed their church, but Catholics still go there on Sundays

Parents Sue Catholic Hospital for NOT Killing Their Daughter

On the Hunt for Benedict XVI’s Inheritance: Appeal for a New Trial of Joseph Ratzinger’s Assets

The Catholic Church Will Have 14 New Saints Next October 20

Russia frees two kidnapped Catholic priests from Ukraine

50,000 altar servers announced for arrival at the Vatican

Pope Francis clarifies: anointing of the sick is not for those who are going to die

Vatican Chronicles: Father Rupnik Divides the Roman Curia; Vacations, How Much Money Does the Pope Receive?

Does God label people? Pope Francis responds with Jesus’ «touch»

New face-to-face meeting between German episcopate and Pope’s representatives at the Vatican

Questions about liturgy: Final Commendation at a Funeral Mass

Pope Reforms Organization of the Vatican Basilica