Local Church•Young People

USA, “Ecumenism” and “Inter-Religious Dialogue”: Six Out of Ten Americans Have Friends of Other Religions

Forty per cent of Americans of Asian origin feel close to Asian religious traditions. It’s relevant that 11% of Asian-American adults are of the Buddhist religion, although 21% feel close to Buddhism because of family history or their culture of origin. A third or 32% of Americans of Asian origin consider themselves of no religion, compared to 26% of respondents in 2012. Christianity is the largest group of Americans of Asian origin: 34%.

Jan 06, 2024 00:33

ZENIT Staff

Gender Ideology•Young People

Idaho receives support from 24 states to protect children’s privacy against gender ideology

Activists are challenging Idaho’s law that protects the privacy, safety, and dignity of all K-12 students in public school’s locker rooms, showers, restrooms, and overnight stays.

Jan 04, 2024 00:54

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

USA: Ruling against Apple for freedom of speech and freedom of religion

Viewpoint Diversity Score brings together leaders from business, civil society, and academia who are committed to preserving the freedom of expression and freedom of religion or belief in the market, workplace, and public square.

Jan 04, 2024 00:46

ZENIT Staff

Pro Life

Federal appeals court rules that doctors and hospitals in Texas are not required to perform abortions

Federal Appeals Court Denies Obligation on Texas Hospitals to Perform Abortions in Emergency Cases. Right-to-life advocates celebrated the ruling on Tuesday, January 2, arguing that it was evidence that the Biden administration had legally overreached.

Jan 04, 2024 00:43

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church

The Camino de Santiago Sets New Record with Nearly Half a Million Pilgrims in 2023

Historic record: almost half a million pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago in 2023, most of them for religious reasons. Americans top the list. Among the Spaniards, Andalusians are the first

Jan 04, 2024 00:39

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church

According to Data of the Israeli Government, the Christian Population Is Growing in Israel

With a 70.5% participation in the labour force in 2022, Christians show a high level of economic activity. However, their participation decreases to 62.2% when Arab Christians are observed specifically.

Jan 04, 2024 00:34

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis to German Catholics: Two Aspects Not to Go Astray in the Synodal Path

Pope highlights care of the spiritual dimension and the universal dimension to German communicators

Jan 04, 2024 00:30

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Georg Gänswein, Benedict XVI’s secretary, again before the Pope Francis

On December 31, 2023, he presided at a Mass in the Vatican Basilica on the occasion of the anniversary of the death of Benedict XVI.

Jan 03, 2024 23:48

ZENIT Staff

General Audience•Pope Francis

A great and simple catechesis of the Pope on spiritual combat

Pope’s General Audience January 3, 2024 on Spiritual Combat

Jan 03, 2024 23:43

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Argentina: In the Era of President Milei, the Catholic Church Gives Up State Funds

This step marks the fulfilment of the announcement made by the Argentine Episcopal Conference in 2018, expressing the intention to give up, gradually, State funds, which at the time represented some 130 million pesos annually.

Jan 03, 2024 12:57

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Documents

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issues new clarification on blessings to gay and irregular couples

Press Release from the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the Reception of «Fiducia Supplicans»

Jan 03, 2024 12:56

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Mindfulness and the Catholic Faith: Psychologists’ Research and Experts’ Testimonies Warn Against the Practice

A method with a marketing orchestration that intervenes in the psycho-spiritual sphere, in the order of beliefs, in people’s psyche, which is of clear Buddhist root, able to attract followers also in some Universities, to permeate the academic arena.

Jan 02, 2024 23:33

ZENIT Staff