This is the state of religious life in the United States: vocations, age, data, etc.
from ZENIT Staff
from ZENIT Staff
(ZENIT News / Washington, 02.01.2023).- Since 2010, the Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has commissioned the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University to conduct a survey of women and men religious who profess perpetual vows each [...]
Thu, Feb 02, 2023, Continue reading at the source
360 Million Christians Suffer High Levels of Persecution, According to the World Watch List 2023
from ZENIT Staff
from ZENIT Staff
(ZENIT News – ACN / Madrid, 31.01.2023).- Today, more than 360 million Christians experience high levels of persecution and discrimination, according to the Report presented by the Evangelical Christian organization Open Doors “World Watch List of Persecution 2023.” Moreover, throughout the world one out of every seven Christians is persecuted [...]
Tue, Jan 31, 2023, Continue reading at the source
The Letter Circulated from the Vatican to Calm Down Bishops and Prohibit Agendas in the Synod
from Zelma Reis
from Zelma Reis
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 30.01.2023).- Cardinal Mario Grech and Jesuit Jean Claude Hollerich, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops and General Rapporteur of the same, respectively, sent a letter to the worldwide episcopate regarding some perplexities expressed by many and in face of the attempt to change this [...]
Mon, Jan 30, 2023, Continue reading at the source
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 30.01.2023).- On Monday morning, January 30, Pope Francis received in audience the participants in the General Chapter of the Order of Malta, among whom were the Lieutenant of the Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap, together with the newly elected members of the Sovereign Council and [...]
Mon, Jan 30, 2023, Continue reading at the source
The new Pope Video calls parishes to truly be communities: places of listening and welcome whose doors are always open
from ZENIT Staff
from ZENIT Staff
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 01.30.2023).- The second Pope Video of the year has just been published with the prayer intention that the Holy Father is entrusting to the entire Catholic Church through the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. This February, Pope Francis, with a smile, invites every parish to put a sign on their door saying, “Free Admission.” With [...]
Mon, Jan 30, 2023, Continue reading at the source