Result of the German Synodal Way? Half a million Catholics leave the Church, official figures show

Mar 27, 2025 22:10

ZENIT Staff

Church In Rheinbach, Germany. Photo: Julia Steinbrecht; Catholic News Service

Religious Freedom

U.S. Commission Condemns China’s Religious Repression in 2025 Annual Report

In its 2025 annual report, released on March 25, the commission highlights ongoing persecution, state surveillance, and ideological control, describing religious freedom conditions in China as “among the worst in the world.”

Mar 27, 2025 21:46

ZENIT Staff

What Should Good AI Legislation Look Like? Leo XIV Offers Guidance to Catholic Legislators

Address to the Participants in the Meeting of the “International Catholic Legislators Network”

Lebanon Turns to the Pope: Lebanese President Visits Leo XIV Amid the Israeli Siege

On Thursday, August 20, Pope Leo XIV received Aoun at the Apostolic Palace for a private meeting lasting around half an hour. The Lebanese president then held talks with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s secretary for relations with states and international organizations

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Result of the German Synodal Way? Half a million Catholics leave the Church, official figures show

Cardinal Parolin gives details on Pope in Vatican and raises juncture for new form of government

Cardinal of Jerusalem: “I don’t know how we are still standing; the situation is against us”

Japanese Court dissolves Unification Church: the Moon sect

Clashes with the Syrians and Israeli reprisals: The fires that kindle Lebanon

El Salvador: Pope’s Nuncio condemns presence of Anglican “bishopess” (and not only) during important Mass

He refused to convert to Islam and was brutally attacked in Pakistan: the case of a young Catholic man

U.S. Commission Condemns China’s Religious Repression in 2025 Annual Report