Local Church

U.S. Bishops Write Letter to Congress on Artificial Intelligence

Grounded in the Church’s concern for human dignity and the common good, the letter outlines how AI development and uses should serve all of humanity.

Jun 09, 2025 18:08

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

The 3 frontiers opened by the Holy Spirit explained by Pope Leo XIV

Homily of Pope XIV at the Mass of the Solemnity of Pentecost, Jubilee of Movements, Associations and New Ecclesial Realities

Jun 08, 2025 09:26

ZENIT Staff

Bioethics•Cardinals and Bishops•Gender Ideology

Cardinal Eijk Calls for Deeper Church Engagement on Gender Medicine and Bioethics

The cardinal, who serves as Archbishop of Utrecht and is a long-standing member of the Pontifical Academy for Life

Jun 08, 2025 09:24

ZENIT Staff

Islam•Local Church

The Catholic population is falling and the Muslim population is growing… in New Zealand!

According to figures released by Statistics New Zealand from the 2023 census, 445,704 people identified as Catholic or Roman Catholic, marking a loss of over 23,000 adherents since 2018. That 5 percent drop comes despite a 6.4 percent rise in the national population, which grew from 4.7 to 5 million during the same period

Jun 08, 2025 09:09

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

Synodality as desired and explained by Leo XIV in a homily to movements and new ecclesial realities

Pope XIV’s homily at the Pentecost Vigil with Movements, Associations and New Ecclesial Communities

Jun 07, 2025 23:21

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism•Pope Leo XIV

Faith, synodality and common date of Easter: 3 topics discussed by the Pope in meeting with Catholics and Orthodox

Address of the Pope to the participants of the Ecumenical Symposium dedicated to the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea

Jun 07, 2025 23:17

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

This is How the President of Italy Was Officially Received by the Pope (For the First Time) at the Vatican.

The Holy Father presented the President of the Republic with Pope Francis’ Message for the 2025 World Day of Peace. President Mattarella presented Leo XIV with two 16th-century volumes, including a Life of Saint Augustine.

Jun 07, 2025 23:10

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Local Church

Archdiocese of Washington to lay off employees to address financial crisis stemming (in part) from McCarrick case

What further complicates the picture is the enduring impact of the McCarrick scandal. Though exact figures are elusive, both Gregory and McElroy have acknowledged that donor confidence took a major hit after allegations emerged in 2018 that McCarrick had serially abused seminarians and managed a secret, unaccounted-for fund used for gifts to influential church officials.

Jun 07, 2025 23:08

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Local Church

6 countries with Catholic majorities among those affected by Trump’s new immigration measures

Among the hardest hit are Catholic-majority countries like Haiti, the Republic of the Congo, and Equatorial Guinea, which now face near-complete travel bans. Others—Venezuela, Cuba, and Burundi—will see their citizens subject to partial restrictions

Jun 07, 2025 23:05

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

USA: FBI’s Reach Into Catholic Traditionalism Wider Than Previously Admitted, New Documents Reveal

The implications are stark. Language from the memo compared traditional Catholic beliefs to “Islamist theology” and advised cultivating informants within Latin Mass parishes. Internal emails show that some agents were uneasy. One asked bluntly whether anyone had even requested such a product. Another warned about overreliance on the SPLC’s designations—labels that have sparked controversy for sweeping certain religious or socially conservative groups into categories of hate.

Jun 07, 2025 22:58

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Declining trend of abuse in U.S. church continues, according to new report

The report is based on the audit findings of StoneBridge Business Partners, a consulting firm which provides forensic, internal, and compliance audit services. A survey regarding allegations of abuse of minors and costs that is annually conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University is also included as a part of the report

Jun 06, 2025 23:15

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Reliquary of St. Therese of Lisieux to tour USA: here’s what you need to know

National Tour of St. Thérèse’s Relics Set to Inspire a New Generation of American Catholics

Jun 06, 2025 22:55

ZENIT Staff