Mid-City Christian: A New Sin: Ecological Sin

Monday, September 7, 2026

A New Sin: Ecological Sin

The Inability to Guard the Center and the Margins: The Lindsay Clancy Case and Our Geometries

Simone Varisco

Guarding what deserves to occupy the central place, and leaving the rest to the margins, is the first step in upholding these geometries. Starting with the broken lives of three innocent children.

Questions about liturgy: Doxology at the Nunc Dimittis

Fr. Edward McNamara

The proposed conference would be unusually powerful in appearance. Its planned membership consists of Germany’s 27 diocesan bishops, 27 representatives of the Central Committee of German Catholics and another 27 elected Catholics. All 81 members would have equal voting rights.

India: Bill Against Religious Conversions in Goa Withdrawn

ZENIT Staff

Following objections from some MPs, the head of the local government has decided to withdraw the controversial bill from the Legislative Assembly’s agenda; like in other Indian states, the bill targeted “unlawful religious conversions”. Catholic leaders and representatives of other minority groups had expressed concern.

A New Sin: Ecological Sin. Vatican Office Publishes Document Addressing Sins Against Creation

ZENIT Staff

The document, Caring for Our Common Home: A Responsible and Fraternal Response to the Triune God, runs to more than 29,000 words and was developed by a subcommission that worked between 2022 and 2025. Its central argument is clear: the ecological crisis is ultimately inseparable from the crisis of the human person.

How does the Church serve and listen to the world? Leo XIV answers by explaining a constitution of the Second Vatican Council

ZENIT Staff

Pope’s General Audience, September 2, 2026, on the Church Listening to and Serving the World

Paris: Christ’s Passion Tunic to Be Displayed During Pope Leo XIV’s Visit

annevanm

The Holy Tunic is generally exhibited only once every 50 years.

Cardinal Zen will appeal to Hong Kong’s highest court against measures taken by the Chinese Communist government

Elizabeth Owens

At the heart of their challenge is a question with consequences for the territory’s shrinking civic space: how broadly can the law define a “society”?

Mel Gibson’s Return to Christ (and great cinema): Why the Resurrection Became a 20-Year Journey. Response in an interesting interview

Tim Daniels

Speaking in a recent interview with Raymond Arroyo, Gibson described the new production as far more demanding than the 2004 film that became one of the most remarkable religious phenomena in modern cinema.

How Beijing Turned Uyghur Childhood Into a State Project

ZENIT Staff

Official documents trace a policy chain from preschool language instruction and boarding schools to mainland classes, vocational training, and labor transfer.

Opus Dei Responds to Bishop Regarding the Torreciudad Case: We Did Not Steal the Virgin Mary

ZENIT Staff

According to the Opus Dei’s latest statement, a public deed signed on September 24, 1962 granted in perpetuity the useful domain — while not transferring ownership — of both the old hermitage and the image. The agreement included responsibilities for restoration, conservation, the promotion of worship and access for pilgrims

USA: Maine Supreme Court Rules Dad Can Forbid Mom From Taking Teen Christian to Church

ZENIT Staff

Dr. David Closson, director of FRC’s Center for Biblical Worldview, described the ruling as “a serious threat to religious liberty,” in addition to threatening parental rights.