18+ hour, 29+ min ago   (197+ words) Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Sunday! Today’s Gospel speaks to us of forgiveness, which is a fundamental feature of the Christian life. Jesus taught and exemplified forgiveness even on the cross, where he prayed to the Father for his persecutors…...

18+ hour, 31+ min ago   (346+ words) The broader challenge raised by Truth Heals reaches beyond crisis communications. “Truth Heals”: Why the Church Must Put Victims Before Its Reputation (ZENIT News / Rome, 09.13.2026).- For the Catholic Church, the credibility crisis caused by clerical sexual abuse cannot be solved…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1196+ words) (ZENIT News / Luxembourg, 09.09.2026).- A dispute over a single baptismal record in Belgium could soon force Europe’s highest court to address a question with consequences far beyond one former Catholic: can data-protection law require the Church to delete the historical record…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1107+ words) The Latin Patriarch, in cooperation with the University of Notre Dame, inaugurated Within Your Gates, a forum that brings together scholars, religious, and civic leaders to study and publicise the “universal vocation of Jerusalem”. The prelate asks “with honesty and…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (838+ words) The guidelines apply broadly to bishops, priests, deacons, ministers, pastoral workers, communicators and the wider Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Aracaju For the Archdiocese of Aracaju in Brazil, the answer is increasingly clear: the problem is not merely technological....

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (462+ words) many Americans have come to believe that expressing controversial opinions could cost them their jobs (ZENIT News / Washington, 08.29.2026).- The most revealing number in a new survey on free expression in the United States may also be the simplest: just 32% of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (642+ words) The paradox is striking: the priest can be socially surrounded while remaining personally isolated. One of the less visible problems is what sociological research has described as “functional loneliness.” A priest may spend almost every day surrounded by people — celebrating…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (272+ words) The ruling does not finally determine the fate of the statues. The case now returns to the Norfolk Superior Court, where the underlying litigation will continue, and the city could potentially seek review by the U.S. Supreme Court. For Quincy, however,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (296+ words) Country’s highest court for civil, criminal, and family matters affirms right of Iraqi Christian to freely choose her religion, sets persuasive precedent for scores of Christians in Iraq facing serious legal and personal consequences of state-assigned religion. Despite being raised…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (425+ words) The Catholic leadership's concern also reflects a pattern that has developed within the Canadian military in recent years. Canada’s Military Chaplaincy Faces a New Test Over Prayer, Conscience and Religious Freedom (ZENIT News / Otawwa, 08.22.2026).- A dispute over how military chaplains…...