Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Religious Freedom

Catholic Church in China: The Strange Case of Bishop Ji Weizhong

Once again, the CCP announced it had “elected” a bishop three months before the Pope appointed him. The Papal mandate was not mentioned in the consecration ceremony.

Feb 11, 2025 11:40

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Francis

“Deportation hurts the dignity of many men»: Pope Francis in letter to U.S. bishops

Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United Sates of America

Feb 11, 2025 06:41

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Pro Life

Legal earthquake in Latin America: Inter-American Court of Human Rights rejects abortion

On January 23, the IACHR rejected a legal maneuver aimed at establishing abortion as a human right across the region. The case centered on the story of Beatriz, a Salvadoran woman whose pregnancy complications were weaponized in an attempt to challenge El Salvador’s strict abortion laws

Feb 10, 2025 16:07

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

DeepSeek’s real problem: AI for the globalization of communism

The world is worried with the new Chinese AI assistant. The problem is how Communist China censors truth and manipulates data.

Feb 10, 2025 16:05

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Interview

“Christians Are the Innocent Victims of the War Between Israel and Hezbollah”

Despite the extension until February 18 of the truce between Hezbollah and Israel, in Lebanon there is “indescribable devastation” and “the forecasts for the near future are not promising.” And Christians are the first victims of the conflict. The Everyday Compass has interviewed Father Abdo Raad, a Lebanese Melkite, to talk about all this.

Feb 10, 2025 15:32

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

In 2024 the Virgin of Fatima Was Visited by 6.2 Million People: These Are the Countries with the Largest Number of Pilgrims

The number of faithful that visited the Shrine in 2024 decreased from the 6.8 million that registered the previous year. However, the year 2023 cannot be analyzed without the effect of the World Youth Day (WYD) and Pope Francis’ visit to Fatima.

Feb 09, 2025 22:25

ZENIT Staff

Jubilee 2025•Pope Francis

Guard against the temptation to cultivate a spirit of war: Pope Francis to Armed Forces

Pope Francis’ Homily on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Armed Forces

Feb 09, 2025 22:18

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Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

Nicaraguan Reformed Constitution: An Assault Against Religious Liberty

The National Assembly grants total power to President Daniel Ortega and his wife, including over creeds and beliefs, under the “clear ambiguity” of Article 14 of the fundamental law of the land.

Feb 09, 2025 21:53

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Justice and Peace

Sister Nabila: Trump’s (and Netanyahu’s) plan for Gaza is ‘unimaginable’

The Rosary Sisters nun who shared life with Gazans under Hamas rule as well as the suffering of war spoke to AsiaNews about the US president’s statement in favour of expelling Palestinians from Gaza to turn it into a “Riviera” of the Middle East. For her, Palestinians must be able to live on their own land; otherwise, it would be “like telling the American people to abandon their land”.

Feb 09, 2025 21:51

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

What are the most searched saints on Google in the United States?

We did so to avoid confusion with locations, schools, churches, and other entities that were not specifically a saint and named after them. For each saint we searched for relevant prayer queries, and looked at the search volume, for each of them in every state via Google Keyword Planner.

Feb 09, 2025 21:32

ZENIT Staff

Jubilee 2025•Vatican City

1.3 million pilgrims have already passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s in the first weeks of the Jubilee

Despite the impressive statistics, Archbishop Fisichella emphasized that the success of the Jubilee is not measured in numbers. «What truly matters is what people carry in their hearts,» he stated, underlining that the spiritual impact of the event goes far beyond mere attendance figures.

Feb 08, 2025 22:06

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations

Australian seminary reverses vocational winter: opens with highest number of students since 2017

While 14 may not seem like a transformative number, in the context of Australia’s dwindling priesthood, it represents a glimmer of hope. The country, where Catholics make up roughly 23 percent of the population, has experienced a steady decline in clergy numbers over the past few decades. In 1991, Australia had approximately 4,500 Catholic priests. By 2021, that number had fallen to 2,900, according to Catholic Australia.

Feb 07, 2025 21:36

ZENIT Staff