Cameroon: eucharistic celebration by cardinal Robert Sarah announced at the Word of God Retreat Center
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by ZENIT Staff
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(ZENIT News / Obala, 03.28.2024).- Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, will preside over a Eucharistic celebration for the Incarnation Movement (Word of God Groups) at the Retreat Centre in the diocese of Obala, Cameroon. This Mass, scheduled for April 7th, 2024, at 10 a.m., is part of a visit to the Diocese of Obala from April 2nd to 12th, at the invitation of Bishop Sosthène Bayemi, the local Ordinary. The Incarnation Movement is a public association of the faithful, whose spirituality consists of living the Wor ..read more
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“You are not alone and we will not leave you alone”: Pope’s moving letter to Catholics in Holy Land
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by ZENIT Staff
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(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 03.27.2024).- Almost two months after sending a letter to the Jews, on Holy Wednesday, March 27, Pope Francis has sent a letter to the Catholics of the Holy Land. The letter is made public during Holy Week, a period of the year when Catholics in Palestine and Israel used to receive thousands of pilgrims in the city of Jerusalem. Below is the English translation of the Pope’s letter. *** Dear brothers and sisters, For some time, you have daily been in my thoughts and prayers. Now, on the eve of this Easter that for you is so overshadowed by the Passion and, as y ..read more
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The famous soccer player says that he is not Muslim but Catholic, Rafael Leao
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by Dante Alba, LC
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(ZENIT News / Rome, 03.27.2024).- The Italian newspaper Corriere della sera published an interview with soccer player Rafael Leao who denied rumors about his religion. Rafael Leao is a Portuguese soccer player of Angolan descent who at the age of 24 has become one of the most outstanding players of the Milan soccer team. He began to gain popularity after the World Cup in Qatar, where he scored goals against Ghana and Switzerland. In the interview he is asked if he has a relationship with God or why he often looks at the sky when he plays, to which he replies that he “has a very close rela ..read more
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They Killed His Palestinian Daughter, They Killed His Israeli Daughter: Both Fathers Were Received Together by the Pope
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by ZENIT Staff
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(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 27.03.2024).- On Wednesday morning, March 27, before leading the General Audience in Pope VI Hall, Pope Francis met briefly with Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin, the former Israeli the latter Palestinian, who lost their daughters. Smadar, Rami Elhanan’s daughter, died in 2007, killed by an Israeli soldier’s bullet, as she left school. The story of Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin, and their joint commitment for peace in justice through The Parents Circle association, was told in the Apeirogon novel of writer Colum McCann, present in Pope Francis’ audience with the arti ..read more
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Patience explained by the Pope (and a tip on how to make it grow)
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by ZENIT Staff
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(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 03.27.2024).- On Holy Wednesday morning, Pope Francis presided over the general audience, which was moved from St. Peter’s Square to the Paul VI Audience Hall due to rain. Given the high influx of pilgrims and tourists in Rome during Holy Week, there was a large participation of people, exceeding the capacity of the Audience Hall. Below is the translation of the Pope’s catechesis into English. The 13th catechesis of the cycle on “vices and virtues” focused on the virtue of patience. *** Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! Last Sunday we listened to the ac ..read more
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Easter: a day when a tomb becomes a cradle.
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by ZENIT Staff
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Mons. Francesco Follo (ZENIT News / Vatican City, 02.27.2024).- Commentary on the Gospel of Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024. The Resurrection of Christ is a historical fact and a dogma of faith. The resurrection is a dogma of the Christian faith, which is grafted into a fact that has historically happened and confirmed. Today, Easter Day, we are called to reflect “with the mind kneeled” on the mystery enunciated by the dogma, enclosed in the historical fact and celebrated in the liturgy. The truth of the resurrection is documented by the New Testament, believed and lived as central point by the ..read more
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USA: For the First Time an American Vice-President Visits an Abortion Clinic During An Electoral Period
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by Rafael Manuel Tovar
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(ZENIT News / Washington, DC, 26.03.2024).- American Vice-President Kamala Harris used abortion as a flag during her visit, on March14, to an abortion clinic in the State of Minnesota, traditional fiefdom of the Democrats. It’s the first time that such a top political leader visits a clinic where abortions are carried out. She already showed her position in early 2023 with a harangue to the abortionist bases of her Party during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the legalization of abortion in the United States. Michael Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, and President of the Pro ..read more
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The Pope’s 8-Hour Visit to Venice: A Prison, Young People and the Famous Basilica of Saint Mark
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by Valentina di Giorgio
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(ZENIT News / Rome, 26.03.2024).- On Sunday, April 28, 2024, Pope Francis will visit the famous Italian city of Venice, See of the Catholic Patriarchate of the same name, on the occasion of the Biennial. During 8 hours the Pope will have a very tight agenda. He will leave from the Vatican’s heliport at 6:30 am, and land at 8:00 am in the Women’s Prison located in one of Venice’s Islands. He will be welcomed there by Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, Archbishop of Venice, and by the prison’s Authorities. Fifteen minutes later, at 8:15 am, the Holy Father will meet with a group of 80 women, inmates ..read more
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Vatican Chronicles: A Month of a Pope Silent of Words and Full of Gestures
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by Jorge Enrique Mújica
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(ZENIT News / Rome, 26.03.2024).- It’s Holy Week. The streets of Rome are full of pilgrims and tourists. Each must take advantage of the period of rest that is still associated with the holy days prior to Easter. Thousands of people, who are arriving every day in Rome, must join the long queue that goes across Saint Peter’s Square and doing double or triple the time, leads them to the interior of the Vatican Basilica. Perceived in both Saint Peter’s Square as well as the Basilica’s interior are the preparations for Holy Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and Easter Sunday. Many have heard that the ..read more
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An injection of hope and a vote of confidence: the Pope’s Holy Week letter to young people
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by ZENIT Staff
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(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 03.26.2024).- On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the publication of the apostolic exhortation Christus Vivit, resulting from the Synod on Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment in 2019, Pope Francis addressed a letter to all young people, which was made public this Easter week, specifically on Monday, March 25th. Here is the English translation of Pope Francis’s letter: *** Christ is alive and he wants you to be alive! This certainty always makes my heart overflow with joy, and now it inspires me to write you this Message, five years after the ..read more
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