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Violence at the Washington Cathedral: The Foiled Attack That Exposed America’s Deepening Tensions
Posted on 10/9/2025 13:25 PM (ZENIT – English)
Authorities say Geri had already been banned from the cathedral due to previous incidents. His ideology, described by investigators as “militant left-wing with extremist anti-religious overtones,” reflects growing anxiety among federal security agencies about politically motivated violence targeting faith institutions
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The Other Global Shortage: A Hundred Million Christians Still Waiting for a Bible
Posted on 10/9/2025 13:18 PM (ZENIT – English)
The "Bible Access List" separates two key challenges: restriction and scarcity. The first refers to environments where the Bible is actively banned or censored; the second, to situations where believers are free in principle but deprived by circumstance
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When Conversion Therapy Meets the First Amendment: A Landmark Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court
Posted on 10/9/2025 13:15 PM (ZENIT – English)
At the center of the controversy stands Kaley Chiles, a licensed therapist from Colorado and a devout Christian. Chiles insists that she does not practice conversion therapy—a term widely condemned by major medical associations—but rather offers what she calls “faith-based conversations” with young people who voluntarily seek to address unwanted attractions or explore their gender identity in line with their personal beliefs
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On the Exhortation Dilexi te: when Peter reminds us that the poor are at the heart of the Gospel
Posted on 10/9/2025 13:11 PM (ZENIT – English)
In his first Apostolic Exhortation, “Dilexi te” Pope Leo XIV sets out the foundations of Christian Revelation and of the tradition of the Church.
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What do humility, wounds, and the Resurrection have in common? Pope Leo XIV explains it this way
Posted on 10/8/2025 15:45 PM (ZENIT – English)
Pope's general audience, October 8, 2025, on an aspect of the resurrection of Jesus Christ: humility
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First Divisions Appear in the Anglican Church After Appointment of First Woman as Leader
Posted on 10/8/2025 13:47 PM (ZENIT – English)
The appointment of Sarah Mullally has sparked great debate and division. Aged 63, married with two children, her election culminates a ten-year process that introduced female ordination into the Anglican Church, first with the priesthood (1992) and then with the episcopate (2014).
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After Announcement of Exhibition of Remains of St. Francis, in Four Days More Than 30 Thousand Have Registered
Posted on 10/8/2025 13:26 PM (ZENIT – English)
Friar Giulio Cesareo: It is "demonstration of the people's love for St. Francis. May it teach us to live more authentic and generous relationships."
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European bishops call for EU Special Envoy for Religious Freedom
Posted on 10/8/2025 13:18 PM (ZENIT – English)
For the bishops, such an appointment is essential considering today's context, marked by rising religious discrimination and persecution faced by individuals, religious minorities, and faith communities - the majority of whom are Christians - in many countries around the world.
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Rome to host official launch of Religious Freedom Report 2025
Posted on 10/8/2025 13:11 PM (ZENIT – English)
The programme will include the participation of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, who will deliver the inaugural address. Victims of religious persecution will also give first-hand testimonies, including two women who spent years on death row for their faith.
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Nicolás Maduro asks the Pope for diplomatic mediation in conflict with Trump and the United States
Posted on 10/8/2025 12:41 PM (ZENIT – English)
Maduro Appeals to the Vatican as U.S. Naval Operations Heighten Tensions in the Caribbean
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