Mexico’s Churches Become Places of Hope as the Search for the Missing Reaches 135,000

Aug 31, 2026 21:32

Behind those numbers are families living with a peculiar form of grief: the absence has no definitive ending. Photo: Arquidiocesis Primada de Mexico

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Communion at Weddings Outside of a Mass

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

Aug 30, 2026 08:45

Fr. Edward McNamara

Angelus•Pope Leo XIV

Two Lessons from Saint Peter for When We Struggle to Accept and Understand God’s Ways, According to Leo XIV

Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, August 30, 2026

Aug 30, 2026 08:39

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

The Quieting of America: Why So Many Americans No Longer Feel Free to Speak Their Minds

Taken together, the numbers point toward a phenomenon more difficult to measure than political polarization itself: self-censorship

Aug 29, 2026 20:33

ZENIT Staff

Marriage and Family

Meta’s $16.7 Billion Reckoning: Why the Fight Over Social Media Addiction Is Really a Battle for Children

Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has agreed to pay $16.7 billion in a settlement with state attorneys general pursuing claims that its platforms contributed to addictive patterns among minors

Aug 29, 2026 20:10

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Arrest Made in Arson of Historic Canadian Church

Firefighters received a call at 3:30 a.m. regarding a fire alarm activation in the community of Saint-Simon. «Sometimes we get false alarms, but I had a bad feeling,» Caraquet Fire Chief Luc Dugas told Radio-Canada. «I told myself we’d never had issues with this alarm before.»

Aug 29, 2026 08:49

Rafael Manuel Tovar

15,000 police officers, 2,500 journalists… the surprising numbers (challenges and opportunities) surrounding the Pope’s visit to France

Leo XIV Heads to France as a Quiet Religious Revival Meets a Country in Search of Common Ground

Stephen Colbert and Scott Brick will narrate the first English-language audiobook by Pope Leo XIV

The collection also shows a future Pope addressing a world already marked by the tensions that would later become familiar features of his pontificate: the consequences of September 11, political ideologies, poverty, conflict and questions surrounding human rights. The publisher presents these writings as an opportunity to see the reasoning behind some of Prevost’s contemplative responses to those challenges

Mexico’s Churches Become Places of Hope as the Search for the Missing Reaches 135,000

Pope Leo XIV personally ordered his Dicastery for Communication to stop using works by the former Jesuit Rupnik, according to the bishop of Lourdes

The Remarkable Case of the Asian Diocese Surpassing 1,000 Priests: A Success Achieved by God Through the Laity

Canadian Cardinal Accused of Abuse Is Found Not Guilty: Slanderer Must Pay Him $100,000

Vatican official stresses the importance of rest as part of mental health in the life of a priest

Leo XIV Reforms the Code of Canon Law: Synods May Remove the Patriarch or Major Archbishop in Eastern Catholic Churches

World War II Veteran Baptized Shortly Before Turning 100

Questions about liturgy: Communion at Weddings Outside of a Mass

Two Lessons from Saint Peter for When We Struggle to Accept and Understand God’s Ways, According to Leo XIV

The Quieting of America: Why So Many Americans No Longer Feel Free to Speak Their Minds

Meta’s $16.7 Billion Reckoning: Why the Fight Over Social Media Addiction Is Really a Battle for Children

Arrest Made in Arson of Historic Canadian Church