Zenit News Agency

: "For other uses, see Zenit (disambiguation)."ZENIT is a non-profit news agency that reports on the Catholic Church and issues important to it from the perspective of Church doctrine. ZENIT's motto is, "The world seen from Rome."

The ZENIT website describes their perspective as "convinced of the extraordinary richness of the Catholic Church's message, particularly its social doctrine ... [and] sees this message as a light for understanding today's world." ZENIT's "compass is the social doctrine of the Church, summarized in the [http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060526_compendio-dott-soc_en.html Compendium] published by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace." [ [http://www.zenit.org/page-010801?l=english ZENIT faq] ]

ZENIT says they began publication in 1997, and they now publish in seven languages, are reprinted in 20,000 "media sources", and have 450,000 e-mail subscribers. [ [http://www.zenit.org/page-0101?l=english ZENIT website | All about ZENIT] . Retrieved July 2007]

The name "ZENIT" means "zenith" in many languages, and refers to the highest point in the sky reached by the sun, a symbol associated with Jesus Christ by early Christians. [ [http://www.zenit.org/page-0101?l=english ZENIT website | All about ZENIT] . Retrieved July 2007]

Publisher

According to the ZENIT website, it is published and edited by Innovative Media Inc., and works "directly or in collaboration with" the following non-profits internationally: Fundación ZENIT España in Spain, Association ZENIT in France, ZENIT eV in Germany, and Asociacao ZENIT in Brazil. [ [http://www.zenit.org/page-0101?l=english ZENIT website | All about ZENIT] . Retrieved July 2007]

Innovative Media is a non-profit based in New York, according to ZENIT, and is registered as a non-profit organization in Atlanta, Georgia. [ [http://www.zenit.org/page-010801?l=english ZENIT FAQ - Identity and Organization] . Retrieved July 2007] [ [http://www.taxexemptworld.com/organization.asp?tn=478305 TaxExemptWorld.com | Innovative Media Inc Report] . Retrieved July 2007] [ [http://apps.irs.gov/app/pub78 Internal Revenue Service | Search for Charities, Online Version of Publication 78] . Searched for Innovative Media (all words), nationwide. Retrieved July 2007] Its president is Antonio Maza. [ [http://www.zenit.org/page-0109?l=english ZENIT website | The ZENIT team] . Retrieved July 2007]

According to ZENIT's website, during their first three years they were funded in large part by Aid to the Church in Need, the Italian Bishops' Conference and the Legion of Christ. [ [http://www.zenit.org/page-0101?l=english All About ZENIT | Growth and financing] Retrieved July 2007] . ZENIT says they are now funded 75% by reader donations and 13% by "institutions and benefactors". [ [http://www.zenit.org/page-0110?l=english ZENIT.org | Annual Budget] . Retrieved July 2007]

One report appearing in the progressive Commonweal magazine alleges that Innovative Media is a "front" for the Legion of Christ and is biased in their favor. [cite web |last=Schilling|first=Timothy| url=http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/article.php3?id_article=1723 |title=Spreading the News: A Report on Europe’s New Evangelization|date=Sept 8, 2006 |publisher=Commonweal |accessdate= Section on ZENIT is also available [http://www.regainnetwork.org/article.php?a=47245995 here] ]

References

ee also

* Delia Gallagher
* National Catholic Register
* Commonweal

External links

* [http://www.zenit.org/ zenit.org] Official site
* [http://www.zenit.org/page-010801?l=english ZENIT's official FAQ]
* [http://www.zenit.org/page-0109?l=english The ZENIT Team]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Agence-Zenit/dp/B00006GQVC ZENIT website reviews] at Amazon.com
* [http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/article.php3?id_article=1723 Article from Commonweal] . Section on ZENIT also available [http://www.regainnetwork.org/article.php?a=47245995 here] .