Pope Francis

Women’s Three Languages (Mind, Heart and Hands): Pope Francis meets with Vatican’s Publishing Journalists

Meeting with the team of the monthly magazine “Women, Church and World,” supplement of L’Osservatore Romano, daily newspaper of Vatican City State, on the occasion of the magazine’s 10th anniversary.

Mar 05, 2023 02:10

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

The Catholic App that Eclipsed Netflix, Instagram and Tik Tok in Google’s Applications Store

Hallow started at the University of Notre Dame in 2018 and has spread to 150 countries, reaching 100 million prayers in 2022, supported in its service.

Mar 05, 2023 02:05

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis asks for prayers for abuse victims during March

The new Pope Video is an appeal to listen, accompany, and protect people who have been abused by members of the ecclesial community.

Mar 02, 2023 01:23

ZENIT Staff

Papal Trips

Hungary Will Be Pope Francis’ Next Stop. Here Is His Travel Schedule for 2023

Budapest is the Holy Father’s next stop in his International Apostolic Journeys.

Mar 01, 2023 03:14

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Schism in the Anglican Communion: 75% Break with England Over Gay Blessings and Putting in Doubt God’s Gender

Since February 2023, a large number of Anglican communities of Africa, Asia and South America have severed communion with England over doctrinal and ethical discrepancies, especially in regard to homosexuality.

Mar 01, 2023 01:16

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Census in the Philippines Reveals That Catholics Number Over 85 Million

After Brazil and Mexico, the Philippines is the third country with the largest number of Catholics in the world and the country with the largest number of Catholics in the Asian Continent.

Mar 01, 2023 01:12

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Germany: Only 15% of German Catholics Believe in the Devil

60% of the baptized don’t believe in the existence of the Devil. Only 15% of Catholics believe that the Devil exists.

Mar 01, 2023 01:09

ZENIT Staff

Protection of vulnerable people

Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Will Receive Victims of Abuses on International Women’s Day

Pope Francis will greet María Joseph and Janada Marcus at the end of the General Audience on March 8. The two women will also be received by the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Lorenzo Fontana, by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani. 

Feb 28, 2023 15:56

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Church and World

In which countries do Catholics go to Mass the most and in which the least in 2023? Study reveals data

Among these, weekly or more frequent Mass attendance is highest among adult self-identified Catholics in Nigeria (94%), Kenya (73%), and Lebanon (69%).

Feb 28, 2023 03:47

ZENIT Staff

Church and World

International Astronomical Union names asteroids after a pope and other Catholic religious figures

The four asteroids, or “minor planets”, all have connections to the Society of Jesus — the “Jesuits”. Over thirty asteroids now bear the names of Jesuits. Some are Jesuits from the centuries ago, such as Clavius, or Fr. Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598–1671), who developed the system of lunar nomenclature that is still used today.

Feb 28, 2023 03:28

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Testimonies of Faith

New Reliquary Enables Public to See Saint Thomas Aquinas’ Cranium

The temporary transfer of the relics of one of the most important Saints and intellectuals of the Catholic Church is taking place in the context of a triple Jubilee: the 700 years of his Canonization, the 750th anniversary of his death (in 2024) and the 800th anniversary of his birth (in 2025).

Feb 27, 2023 03:18

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

France: Civil Justice Files Investigation against Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard Due to Expiration

Civil justice stated, through French Attorney Dominique Laurens, that the procedure was filed due to expiration; the ecclesiastical process, however, continues. 

Feb 27, 2023 02:57

ZENIT Staff