Church scrambling to help desperate Christian refugees and migrants

Pope Francis celebrated the creation of the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence and called on everyone to be architects of a “society founded on justice and reciprocal love”

ZENIT Staff

He said this at the inauguration of the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence, which is part of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative of Pax Christi International and which focuses on research into nonviolence as a way of life that is at the heart of the Gospel.

Church scrambling to help desperate Christian refugees and migrants

Amy Balog

There could be up to 85,000 people under the pastoral care of the Patriarchate’s Vicariate for Migrants and Asylum Seekers (VMAS), which was established in 2021 to help Christian immigrants face the challenges in their daily lives.

Questions about liturgy: Stipends for Pro Populo Masses, and Clarifications on Feasts

ZENIT Staff

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology and director of the Sacerdos Institute at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Catholic nun stays with Lebanese Catholics despite bombings

Amy Balog

Sister Maya El Beaino of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary decided to stay with the Christian community in Aid Ebel, 3 miles [5 km] from the Israeli border despite the “constant danger”.

Vatican Announces “Apostolic Visit” to Flourishing Traditional Community

ZENIT Staff

The Fraternity’s last ordinary Apostolic Visit, by the Ecclesia Dei Commission, took place in 2014. Given that the [Congregation] for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life was in charge of the FSSP and of other former Ecclesia Dei Institutes for three years, now it is the competence of this Dicastery to be in charge of the FSSP.