Testimonies

Navigating Compassion: Sailor Honored for Transforming a Journey into a Lifeline

Behind the scenes, Fairman assumed every role: skipper, engineer, communicator, host, fundraiser, and even press liaison. With his wife Deirdre anchoring efforts from land, he chronicled his odyssey with humility and clarity, engaging local and national media while continuing the day-to-day labor of sailing and outreach.

Jul 25, 2025 13:23

ZENIT Staff

Pro Life

USA: 4th Circuit upholds WV law that protects women, the unborn

A chemical abortion drug manufacturer is challenging West Virginia’s pro-life laws that protect unborn lives and maternal health and safety.

Jul 25, 2025 13:21

ZENIT Staff

Gender Ideology•Religious Freedom

Oregon Department of Human Services denied single mother Jessica Bates’ application to adopt siblings from foster care because of her religious beliefs

9th Circuit rejects gender-ideology mandate for adoption, Oregon mom now free to care for kids in need

Jul 25, 2025 13:16

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

“Pope Leo XIV’s Paths”: New Tourist Route Is Presented in Peru

«We are facing a route that not only runs through streets and churches, but rather travels through the memory, faith, and hope of a people who never ceased dreaming and who today can proudly say that we have a Peruvian Pope,» said the country’s President, noting that this initiative is also a tribute to Leo XIV.

Jul 24, 2025 21:30

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV•Rome

According to The New York Times Pope Leo XIV Is Among The Most Stylish People So Far in 2025

That the circumstance of a new Pope has had an impact on fashion can be seen, for example, in the most recent Dolce & Gabbana fashion show just a few meters from the Vatican: on the bridge overlooking Castel Sant’Angelo — a show dedicated to Catholic fashion.

Jul 24, 2025 21:24

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Community Life: A Possible Solution to the Priestly Crisis

The challenge is not simply to remedy a problem, but to reimagine a way of priestly life more in tune with the truth of man, the very nature of the ministry, and the logic of the Gospel.

Jul 24, 2025 21:20

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

How clergy and religious grapple with chastity in the tech age

In stark reality, many priestly and religious individuals are failing to properly integrate their sexuality. They neglect to give it the necessary time, energy, and attention. This void is increasingly filled by a secular-tinged virtual world that infiltrates convents, monasteries, and seminaries, causing significant disorientation and deviation from their consecrated, chaste lives.

Jul 24, 2025 20:42

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Francis

The world’s largest mural dedicated to a pope: Argentina unveils mural dedicated to Pope Francis

The mural’s creator, Martín Ron, is no stranger to large-scale urban art. Renowned for his hyperrealistic technique, Ron has transformed urban walls around the world into vivid portals of storytelling. But this piece, which stretches vertically up a building façade not far from the archdiocesan cathedral, carries particular emotional weight — both for the artist and for a nation that once called Jorge Mario Bergoglio its own.

Jul 24, 2025 20:39

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

Ukraine’s ultimatum to Russian Orthodox Christians

Kiev has ordered the pro-Russian UOC to sever all ties with the Moscow Patriarchate by 18 August. It currently has around 10,000 parishes, a number now equivalent to that of the autocephalous Orthodox Church. Defending Metropolitan Onufryj – who has always maintained a balance between rejecting war and maintaining ties with the Russian Church – is Larisa Brodetskaja, a veteran of the Ukrainian armed forces in the resistance against Moscow’s troops.

Jul 24, 2025 20:27

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land•Justice and Peace

How many Christians remain in Gaza after nearly two years of war? These are the data

The numbers paint a picture both stark and sacred. Before the conflict escalated, over a thousand Christians — mostly Orthodox and Catholic — called Gaza home

Jul 23, 2025 22:53

ZENIT Staff

Religious Freedom

New York photographer wins freedom to express messages consistent with her beliefs on marriage

New York state law forces photographer and blogger Emilee Carpenter to create photographs and blogs celebrating same-sex weddings if she does so for weddings between one man and one woman. Penalties for violating the law include fines of up to $100,000, a revoked business license, and up to a year in jail.

Jul 23, 2025 22:51

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Timothy Schmalz’s “Homeless Jesus” installed and blessed in Santiago de Compostela

The work, inspired by the Gospel of Saint Matthew, invites us to see Christ in the marginalized of our society.

Jul 23, 2025 22:48

ZENIT Staff