‘A really positive contribution’: study reveals lifelong benefits of Catholic education

Mar 25, 2025 20:26

ZENIT Staff

VCEA chief executive officer Prof Elizabeth Labone Photo: VCEA

Church and World

Catholics are still growing in Asia, but priestly vocations decline further

The Pontifical Yearbook for 2022-2023 was released. The number of Catholics in the world is rising, to 1.406 billion. The number of bishops and priests is still growing in Asia (+1.6 per cent), but the number of seminarians is down by 4.2 per cent. Southeast Asia is one of the few regions where the number of women religious is increasing, slightly. About 30 per cent of all nuns and 18.2 per cent of all priests live in Asia.

Mar 24, 2025 17:47

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Which is the least Christian and Catholic city in the United States? Study reveals

Among other major metropolitan areas, San Francisco reported the third-highest proportion of religiously unaffiliated adults at 42%, while Boston and San Diego followed closely with 40%. These numbers reflect a growing secularization in some of America’s most culturally influential urban centers.

Mar 24, 2025 17:45

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Gender Ideology

Oxford study confirms that “sex change” operations increase suicide and depression

The study analyzed data from over 107,000 patients and found that individuals who underwent transition-related surgeries faced significantly higher psychological distress compared to those who did not. Men who had feminizing surgeries reported a 25.4% rate of depression—more than double the 11.5% seen in those who avoided surgery. Among women, the disparity was also evident, with 22.9% experiencing depression post-surgery compared to 14.6% of their non-surgical counterparts

Mar 24, 2025 17:42

Elizabeth Owens

Pope Francis

Ten Things You Must Know About the Pope’s Health Now That He Has Left the Hospital

The following questions make it possible to know first-hand some of the more concrete aspects of the Holy Father’s immediate future, his mood and even some interesting facts, which were also answered.

Mar 24, 2025 06:17

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pro Life

These are the sums of money earned by abortion clinic managers in the U.S.

The report details the salaries of all 49 of the abortion vendor’s affiliate CEOs, along with those of the top-paid employees at the organization’s headquarters—Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Mar 23, 2025 20:13

ZENIT Staff

The gunman who attempted to assassinate John Paul II tried to meet with Leo XIV in Turquí: what happened?

Agca arrived with the unmistakable intention of inserting himself into the story. Speaking to Turkish media, he expressed hope for a brief conversation with the pontiff—a few minutes, nothing more—while insisting that the papal presence in Iznik was “extraordinary.”

The homily with which Pope Leo XIV instilled hope in the Lebanese people

Homily of Pope Leo XIV at the concluding Mass of his pastoral visit to Lebanon

‘A really positive contribution’: study reveals lifelong benefits of Catholic education

King and Queen of England postpone state visit to Pope Francis

Pope Francis does not accept Cardinal Koch’s resignation: could continue at least until anniversary of Council of Nicea

Verbites: 150 years at the service of the world

This was the 100th birthday of an Arab Catholic nun in the Holy Land

Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican Becomes a Minecraft Game Thanks to Microsoft

Two More Catholic Priests Are Abducted in Nigeria

Catholics are still growing in Asia, but priestly vocations decline further

Which is the least Christian and Catholic city in the United States? Study reveals

Oxford study confirms that “sex change” operations increase suicide and depression

Ten Things You Must Know About the Pope’s Health Now That He Has Left the Hospital

These are the sums of money earned by abortion clinic managers in the U.S.