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

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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

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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

Pope Francis•Vatican City

The Intelligence of the Hands: Pope’s Reflection to Students and Professors of the Roman Pontifical Universities

Among the three intelligences that stir the human soul, the Holy Father spoke of that of the mind, of the heart and of the hands, each one with its own timbre and character, and all necessary.

Feb 26, 2023 18:39

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Angelus•Pope Francis

From Whom Does the Devil Want to Divide Jesus and How the Devil Tempts Him

Address on the occasion of the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday , February 26, 2023.

Feb 26, 2023 18:21

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Francis

The Nice Portrait that the Pro Petri Association Gave Pope Francis, for Which He Was Grateful

“I thank you in particular for the gift of the portrait that one of your members was kind enough to make and offer me,” said the Holy Father.

Feb 24, 2023 18:51

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Church and World•Pope Francis

One Year From the Start of the War in Ukraine Pope Attends Screening of a Documentary

The screening was reserved to some 240 guests: needy people, refugees and members of the Ukrainian community in Rome, invited by the Director, accompanied by representatives of Associations that assist them and by His Holiness’ Almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski.

Feb 24, 2023 18:47

ZENIT Staff

Spirituality

Lent: the journey with Christ who invites to convert the heart and to believe to the good news

With the invitation to live Lent as a time of mercy which addresses a strong invitation to conversion: the Christian is called to return to God with all his heart.

Feb 23, 2023 04:10

ZENIT Staff