Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Anglican Monastic Community Converts to Catholicism
Fragile Peace, Deep Wounds: Lebanon Faces an Uncertain Future Despite New Israel Agreement
ZENIT Staff
After four days of negotiations in Washington under U.S. mediation, Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement on June 26 intended to create a pathway toward ending hostilities and restoring Lebanese sovereignty in the country’s south
According to polls, mistreatment of Catholics by some radical Jews and the government’s attitude toward Palestinians are damaging Israel’s image
ZENIT Staff
A new Pew Research Center survey conducted across 36 countries between February and May 2026 found that unfavorable views of Israel have increased in most nations compared with 2025. Positive opinions now outnumber negative ones in only four countries—India, Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana—while negative perceptions dominate much of Europe, Asia and Latin America
Two previously unpublished sermons by St. Augustine Discovered in Germany
Joachin Meisner Hertz
The discovery, announced by the University of Würzburg, was made by Latin scholar Professor Christian Tornau, who is now collaborating with specialists from the Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (CSEL) to prepare the first critical edition of the texts. Their publication is expected before the end of 2026.
The Vatican Will Issue Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in All Its Offices
Valentina di Giorgio
The Commission’s work will develop gradually. Among its first priorities are compiling a comprehensive inventory of AI-related initiatives already underway within the Holy See, gathering information on the principal concerns identified by individual Vatican institutions, and drafting guidelines for the responsible use of artificial intelligence throughout Vatican offices
How Can We Be Architects of Unity? Pope Leo XIV’s Answer, Illustrated by the Figures of Saints Peter and Paul
ZENIT Staff
Homily by the Holy Father on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Patron Saints of the City of Rome
“To tear the seamless garment of Christ is a sin of extreme gravity”: Leo XIV writes to the Lefebvrians
ZENIT Staff
Letter from Pope Leo XIV to the Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X
Leo XIV intervenes of the Order of Malta through new legislative measures that amend or clarify provisions established by Pope Francis
ZENIT Staff
The Rescriptum ex Audientia Sanctissimi, approved by the Pope on April 10 and signed by Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, revises fourteen provisions—five articles of the Constitutional Charter and nine articles of the Melitense Code
The Vatican and Europe’s largest Protestant denomination have suspended their theological dialogue. Here is the explanation
ZENIT Staff
Far from signaling the end of cooperation, both sides stressed that the interruption is intended to evaluate the experience accumulated over recent years and clarify the conditions under which the dialogue might continue more effectively
Are There False Accusations of Abuse Against Priests? An Italian Case Ends with the Accuser’s Conviction
Rafael Llanes
The public restoration of honor for two priests, as often happens, has received far less coverage than the initial accusation and the blow to their reputations when the lawsuit was filed.
Anglican Monastic Community Converts to Catholicism: The Inspiring Story of Faith and Perseverance of Twelve Women
almarecinas
The twelve nuns were received into the Catholic Church on January 1, 2013. The process took four years, and they faced a lack of understanding and painful opposition from many of their fellow Anglicans, but it was worth it.
Lefebvrians Respond to the Pope with an Open Letter: “Far be it from us to separate ourselves from the Roman Church”
ZENIT Staff
Full text in English of the letter from the Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X to Pope Leo XIV in response to a letter from the Holy Father
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Men in Women’s Sports (Even If a Man Identifies as a Woman)
ZENIT Staff
High court upholds West Virginia, Idaho laws protecting female athletes by keeping males out of women’s sports
Nicaraguan police arrest 80-year-old bishop
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In
his homily during a Mass offered for the earthquake's victims,
Archbishop Jorge Scheinig urged the faithful to reexamine their
priorities in life, realizing one can lose everything in an instant. |
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Mount
Cristo Rey in the Diocese of Las Cruces stands over a disputed patch of
borderland that the U.S. government is attempting to seize from the
Catholic Church. |
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Claudia
Gonzales, a World Vision Venezuela manager, said the quakes left
children without families and thousands of people missing or homeless,
with at least 1,700 confirmed deaths. |
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In
retaliation for asking for prayers for the persecuted Church at a Mass
he celebrated, the bishop was held for several hours by police, part of
an ongoing campaign of harassment of clergy. |
Majority of Americans support banning social media for kids under 16
Trump administration puts religious freedom at heart of US health policy
The Guardian: Critics say the new focus could reshape LGBTQ+ healthcare, abortion access and vaccine policy.
“There was love, and then there was suffering”: A Q&A with Christian Wiman*
The New York Times:
Wiman spoke about his journey from faith to atheism and back and about
living with an incurable cancer and being on the verge of death more
than once
Pope promotes Italian nun to top migrant role in his first major appointment of a woman to Holy See
The Associated Press:
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday made his first major appointment of a woman to
the Holy See hierarchy, promoting Italian Sister Alessandra Smerilli to
head the Vatican office responsible for migrants, the environment and
development.
Majority of Americans support banning social media for kids under 16
Pew Research Center:
Nearly six-in-ten U.S. adults support banning anyone under the age of 16
from using social media sites, according to a new Pew Research Center
survey.
Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland
The Associated Press:
A group of traditionalist Catholics directly defied Pope Leo XIV on
Wednesday by consecrating four bishops without his consent, dismissing
the resulting excommunications and saying the break with the church was
necessary to defend the Catholic faith.
covenantchurchsd 06.28.2026
We call this SoNoGo - South Park-North Park-Golden Hill & Our Mission: to see the baptized who live in SoNoGo worship in SoNoGo
What is the Evangelical Presbyterian Church?
Covenant Church at 30th & Howard is a Christian church in the tradition of the Protestant Reformation and allied with the EPC [The Evangelical Presbyterian Church] We believe the Scriptures to be the infallible Word of God and our final authority in faith and practice, and we find the historic creeds of the early church (the Apostles’ Creed and Nicene Creed) to be vital expressions of the most important tenets of the global church universal. When the EPC started in 1981, we determined that we would not disagree on the basic essentials of the Christian faith, but on anything that was not essential—such as the issue of ordaining women as officers or practicing charismatic gifts—we would give each other liberty. Above all, we committed ourselves to loving each other and not engaging in quarrels and strife. The result is that when we get together in our regional and national meetings, we spend most of our time in worship and fellowship and almost none in arguing with each other.
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Presbyterian Church (USA) delays debate on requiring monogamy for ministers
Presbyterian Church (USA) delays debate on requiring monogamy for ministers
Updated: Jun. 29, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |Published: Jun. 29, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
Now that marriage has been re-defined to include same-sex couples, should monogamy still be required among married clergy in the largest mainline Presbyterian Church?
A controversial proposal to forbid polyamory or polygamous sexual relationships among Presbyterian Church (USA) ministers was expected to be debated this week but has been referred to a committee after meeting strong opposition from denominational activists.
The 1-million-member mainline Presbyterian Church (USA) began its main business sessions this week at its General Assembly in Milwaukee, after committee meetings last week.
The Constitutional Interpretation Committee voted June 24 to forward the controversial proposal, called CON-10, to the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy, which is working on a document called “Beyond Changing Families: Flourishing Relationships and Belonging.”
That means it won’t come up for a vote this week.
More Light Presbyterians had released a statement opposing the original proposal, called Overture 044, saying requiring monogamy for clergy targeted queer communities.
“While framed in the language of faithfulness, it risks reinforcing narrow and culturally bound definitions of relationship that have historically been used to exclude, police, and harm queer bodies and lives,” More Light said. “Because LGBTQIA+ people have so often been subjected to disproportionate scrutiny regarding our bodies, relationships, intimacy, and fitness for leadership, this overture will inevitable be experienced and enacted as an attack on queerness.”
More Light leaders say that openly polyamorous clergy have been prevented from ordination because they were not monogamous.
When it held its groundbreaking 2011 General Assembly in Birmingham, the Presbyterian Church (USA) amended its Book of Order to remove its traditional requirement that clergy practice “fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness,” in order to allow openly LGBTQ candidates to be ordained.
The lifting of the monogamy rule has since raised other issues.
Although the debate has been delayed, activists predict that mainline Protestant denominations will have to confront the issue of monogamy eventually. The Rev. Claudia Aguilar Rubalcava, director of engagement for More Light Presbyterians, told RNS that it may be the next emerging controversy. “I think it is the next big conversation that most mainline denominations will have,” she said.Presbyterian Church (USA) apologizes for silencing missionaries fired
Presbyterian Church (USA) apologizes for silencingmissionaries fired when 200-year tradition ended
Updated: Jun. 30, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
By Greg Garrison | ggarrison@al.com
The Presbyterian Church (USA) apologized Monday for making its missionaries promise not to talk about being fired last year.
The mainline Protestant denomination that has historically been one of the most influential Christian missionary-sending agencies worldwide last year fired missionaries around the world and ended its foreign mission agency.
Before firing missionaries, the denomination sent them legal agreements to sign, promising they would not discuss it under threat of losing pay.
Chief Rabbi: ‘Vast majority’ of suffering in Gaza is result of Palestinian leadership
Anglican Consultative Council debates Nairobi-Cairo proposals on future of Communion
‘Pervasive distrust’ in Church of England can only be restored through accountability, report warns
Archbishop of York warns of damage inflicted by religious illiteracy
Chief Rabbi: ‘Vast majority’ of suffering in Gaza is result of Palestinian leadership
Catholic Church, U.S. government drive relief efforts in Venezuela
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The
proposed settlement will "resolve all lawsuits" regarding child sex
abuse involving archdiocesan officials, the prelate said in a press
release. |
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The
parents argue that their right to direct the upbringing of their
children is in jeopardy. The state continues to defend the law. |
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“People
in some areas feel invisible to the government, to the aid efforts,”
Father Edgar Magallanes, SJ, national director of Jesuit Relief Services
Venezuela, said. “But we’re working on it.” |
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Abelardo
De la Espriella visited the shrines of El Moro, Our Lady of the
Remedies, and St. Peter Claver, and the Lord of Miracles minor basilica
in a thanksgiving tour after winning the presidency. |
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