Immaculate Conception Parish

Hamburg’s Catholic Schools Face a Test of Parental Trust — and Rome’s Silence

The post German Bishop Promotes Gender Ideology in Schools; Parents Speak Out to Rome; Vatican Remains Silent appeared first on ZENIT - English.

The episode has become more than another isolated clash in the West Bank. It has exposed, in a matter of days, the convergence of three increasingly serious problems: settler violence, the difficulty of protecting Palestinian civilians under occupation, and the weakening of the institutions that provide basic services to them.

The post Leo XIV Speaks Out in Support of Palestinians Attacked by Jewish Settlers in Tierra Sana: Here’s What’s Happening appeared first on ZENIT - English.

Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this story is that many of those celebrating Levine's election insist that it is not primarily about her being Jewish. Colleagues point instead to decades of collaboration, friendship, committee service, editorial work, and intellectual leadership within the association

The post For the first time, a Jewish woman will serve as president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America appeared first on ZENIT - English.

The video surfaced shortly after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asked the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to expand protective measures for Mata and four people associated with him, describing the situation as one of extreme gravity and a potential risk of irreparable harm

The post Bishop Who Disappeared Under the Nicaraguan Dictatorship Reappears on Camera, but Questions Mount appeared first on ZENIT - English.

The decision, approved by the Council of Ministers on August 12, is more than a protocol measure. It enables the government to coordinate security, logistics, customs procedures, and public services for a trip that is expected to involve between 700,000 and 1 million people nationwide.

The post Peruvian government declares the Pope’s visit a “matter of national interest” and prepares for gatherings of up to 1 million people appeared first on ZENIT - English.

The Holy See announced on August 13 that Leo XIV had appointed Longo, director of the Italian Historical Institute for the Middle Ages and a professor of medieval history at Sapienza University of Rome, alongside Francesco Cesareo, emeritus president of Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Anna Barańska, an associate professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.

The post Appointment of an Alleged Freemason to the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences Sparks Controversy appeared first on ZENIT - English.

New findings from Gallup’s 2026 annual survey reveal that only 33% of Americans express either “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in organized religion or the Church

The post America’s Confidence Crisis Reaches the Pews: Why Trust in Churches Continues to Erode appeared first on ZENIT - English.

The documents, recently uncovered by TV Perú Noticias and preserved by Peru’s National Migration Archive, offer a rare glimpse into the personal convictions of a man who, a decade later, would become Bishop of Rome

The post A letter from Pope Leo XIV has come to light in which he expressed his desire to remain in Peru for the rest of his life appeared first on ZENIT - English.

For Taybeh's Christian community, protection will be measured not by the announcement but by whether armed settlers are actually prevented from entering private property, damaging farmland and intimidating residents

The post Israel Declares the Only Entirely Christian City in the Holy Land a “Closed Military Zone” appeared first on ZENIT - English.

Pope's General Audience, August 12, 2026, on the Liturgical Year

The post What is the liturgical year? Leo XIV explains it and warns against the “virtualization” of Sunday, the Lord’s Day appeared first on ZENIT - English.