Nicaraguan dictatorship attacks the Church once again and expropriates school owned by nuns

Aug 15, 2025 10:02

Enrique Villegas

San José boarding school in Jinotepe Photo: Vatican News

Local Church

British police arrest Catholic priest for publicly supporting the Palestinian cause

The arrests came in the wake of the UK government’s June 2025 decision to proscribe the organisation under terrorism legislation, a move that has polarised public opinion and drawn criticism from across the religious spectrum.

Aug 14, 2025 18:12

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Local Church

The Association of Hebrew Catholics is born in the Holy Land: we tell you what it is and what it does

While the association will not establish parishes or administer sacraments — duties already handled by the Vicariate of St. James under the Latin Patriarchate — it intends to focus on cultural and spiritual formation

Aug 14, 2025 18:09

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Bishop of Santa Fe reinstated to the presbytery a man who left the priesthood and was married to another man

Archbishop’s Controversial Reinstatement of Formerly Partnered Priest Raises Questions in Santa Fe

Aug 14, 2025 18:07

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Congo’s Catholic Church Mourns, Protests, and Perseveres After Brutal Attack

The aftermath is visible not only in the charred remains of the church but in the swelling numbers of displaced people. Many survivors fled to Bunia, where the diocese is struggling to house and feed them

Aug 13, 2025 17:19

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

A catechesis by Pope Leo XIV on betrayal

Pope’s general audience, August 13, 2025, on the betrayal of Jesus

Aug 13, 2025 17:17

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV “responds” to Trump’s threat regarding Iran’s extinction: here is what he said

The Pope’s remarks echoed and reinforced his Easter message delivered during the Urbi et Orbi on April 5, where he had already called on those with the power to wage war to lay down their arms and choose dialogue

Two interpretations of the empty tomb, only one to choose: Pope Leo XIV’s reflection

Address on the occasion of the Regina Coeli prayer on Monday, April 6, 2026

Nicaraguan dictatorship attacks the Church once again and expropriates school owned by nuns

The Vatican Museums announce that Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel will be restored in 2026

Research reveals that 270 million human beings have died because of in vitro fertilization

Mob of Hindu extremists attack priests, nuns, and catechists in India

Islam kills: 32 people are murdered every day in Nigeria just for being Christians, according to new research

Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral thesis to be published in October 2025

Jewish state of Israel expels Catholic priest from its territory “for reasons of national security”

British police arrest Catholic priest for publicly supporting the Palestinian cause

The Association of Hebrew Catholics is born in the Holy Land: we tell you what it is and what it does

Bishop of Santa Fe reinstated to the presbytery a man who left the priesthood and was married to another man

Congo’s Catholic Church Mourns, Protests, and Perseveres After Brutal Attack

A catechesis by Pope Leo XIV on betrayal