Beijing sets online rules for clergy: no sermons, no rituals, no educational activities

Nigeria: Report shows that 100 churches are attacked every month and 32 Christians are killed every day in the country

ZENIT Staff

The destruction is not the only marker of persecution. According to Intersociety’s August report, more than 7,000 Christians were killed across Nigeria in the first 220 days of 2025 alone — an average of thirty-two a day. Since the violence erupted in 2009, the death toll has climbed to 185,000, including some 125,000 Christians and 60,000 Muslims accused of being “liberal” or insufficiently radical

Three unifying elements in religious life, according to Pope Leo XIV

ZENIT Staff

To Participants in the General Chapters of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood of the Society of Mary of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate of the Ursuline Sisters Daughters of Mary Immaculate

Germany: Dancing on Good Friday will remain illegal, according to the Constitutional Court

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Germany’s Top Court Upholds Ban on Good Friday Dancing, Reaffirming Sacred Quiet in a Secular Age

Cardinal Ambongo, leader of the entire African episcopate: “Fiducia Supplicans was a bad chapter in Pope Francis’ pontificate”

Valentina di Giorgio

African Cardinal Challenges Vatican Document, Calls for Stronger Prophetic Voice in Church

Pope Leo XIV’s catechesis on the empty tomb of Jesus

ZENIT Staff

Pope’s general audience, September 17, 2025, on Holy Saturday

Pope Leo XIV urges restraint after Charlie Kirk’s murder in the US sparks fears of political violence

ZENIT Staff

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, said the Pope conveyed his condolences during a meeting with the newly accredited U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Brian Francis Burch

Beijing sets online rules for clergy: no sermons, no rituals, no educational activities

ZENIT Staff

The Department of Religious Affairs has issued a new Internet code of conduct for priests and ministers of other faiths, who “must not engage in online activities as such”. The crackdown on educational initiatives for children has also been extended to the web with a ban on organising online religious training. Fundraisers to support places of worship or activities are out. Only the websites of authorised religious denominations are allowed.

Pope Leo XIV sends a message of gratitude to Lampedusa and suggests a visit to the island

ZENIT Staff

The pope’s message was linked to Lampedusa’s bid for recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage site—a proposal rooted as much in the island’s history as in its humanitarian witness.

Iraqi Christian Killed in Lyon Sparks Renewed Alarm Over Anti-Christian Violence in France

Covadonga Asturias

The political response has been muted, though not absent. Marine Le Pen, leader of the Rassemblement National, denounced the act on social media as the work of an “Islamist,” tying it to what she called France’s failed migration policy