Local Church•Young People

Germany: There Were Only 48 Candidates to the Priesthood in the Whole Country in 2022

The number of ordained priests also decreased. Up to January 25, 2023, a total of 33 new priests were ordained in the whole country.

Feb 06, 2023 03:56

ZENIT Staff

Interview•Papal Trips•Pope Francis

A three-voice interview back from Africa: Francis and two Protestants on homosexuality, guns, Ukraine and other topics

Interview with journalists on flight back to Rome after joint visit with Anglican leader and Church of Scotland moderator to Congo and South Sudan.

Feb 05, 2023 03:56

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

This is the state of religious life in the United States: vocations, age, data, etc.

The U.S. Episcopate releases the report of Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) in its 2023 edition.

Feb 02, 2023 01:55

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

360 Million Christians Suffer High Levels of Persecution, According to the World Watch List 2023 

The Report of the “Open Doors” Evangelical organization reveals that one out of every seven Christians worldwide is persecuted or discriminated.

Jan 31, 2023 01:49

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Receives Order of Malta in Audience: Ahead in Closing the Renewal Process

The Holy Father’s address to the participants in the Chapter General of the Order of Malta.

Jan 30, 2023 01:42

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

The new Pope Video calls parishes to truly be communities: places of listening and welcome whose doors are always open

Pope Francis’ message places the accent on parishes functioning as “schools of service and generosity” where people can “find the gift of the sacraments.”

Jan 30, 2023 01:36

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope Francis Clarifies Comments on Homosexuality to Jesuit LGBT+ Activist Father James Martin

Just two days after the interview with AP, the Holy Father answered a letter in which activist James Martin poses three questions about homosexuality.

Jan 29, 2023 17:19

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

German Bishops’ Leader Answers Pope: It’s Questionable to Lead the Church Through Interviews

President of German Bishops Criticizes the Pope’s Statements on the German Synodal Path.

Jan 29, 2023 17:09

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope on the Liturgy: Calls for Formation in Seminaries, Silence before Mass and Laments Disastrous Homilies

Address to the participants in the course “Living Liturgical Action Fully”.

Jan 28, 2023 19:53

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis

Pope’s Inspired Reflections on Marriage at the Start of 2023

Address to the Tribunal of the Roman Rota on the occasion of the Opening of the Judicial Year.

Jan 28, 2023 19:48

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Francis

Pope’s Harsh and Scathing Words: “The German Experience Doesn’t Help. It’s Not a Synod or a Serious Synodal Path

“The danger is that something very, very ideological is filtered. And when ideology gets into ecclesial processes, the Holy Spirit goes home because ideology [suffocates] the Holy Spirit,” said the Pontiff.

Jan 28, 2023 19:41

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Persecuted Christians

USA: student may wear previously banned masks with «Jesus Loves Me» sign

Mississippi school district discards illegal policy, allows 3rd-grader to wear ‘Jesus Loves Me’ face mask. ADF lawsuit prompts enactment of new policy that means students can’t be singled out, censored.

Jan 26, 2023 15:22

ZENIT Staff