Rome and the Church in the United States

Dec 11, 2025 17:45

ZENIT Staff

Photo: Marco Di Lauro

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Young People

How often do Catholic students attend Mass or listen to the Pope? The surprising revelations of a study

Surprisingly, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV has already gained notable traction. More than half of respondents say he influences their faith, despite his short time in office

Nov 20, 2025 18:18

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

What the 2025 Theology Survey Reveals About American Faith

What emerges in the data is less an abandonment of Christianity than its ongoing reinterpretation — a search for transcendence conducted in the vocabulary of tradition, yet shaped profoundly by the priorities of modern individualism

Nov 19, 2025 17:13

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Vocations•Young People

Surprising research data among French clergy: the younger they are, the more conservative… and happy they are

Three out of four describe their mission in classical terms—to celebrate the sacraments, to teach the faith, and to shepherd the faithful entrusted to them. They do not ask for reinvention but for the freedom to carry out the ministry the Church has always given them

Nov 19, 2025 17:05

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion

Artificial Intelligence and the Mission of the Church. An analytical contribution

In the face of the rapid expansion of AI technology along with the risks it entails, it is no wonder that the Catholic Church senses the urgency to respond to these potentially dangerous developments

Nov 19, 2025 17:02

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

This is what the study says, which shows a growing wave of anti-Christian persecution in Europe

The Vienna-based observatory has documented 2,211 anti-Christian hate crimes committed in 2024, a figure assembled by triangulating police data, OSCE/ODIHR reports, and its own independent research to avoid duplications

Nov 17, 2025 17:36

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Why is Christian archaeology important? Pope Leo XIV provides these answers

Address of the Pope to the professors and students of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology

What you should know about Pope Leo XIV’s letter on Christian archaeology

The letter repeatedly emphasizes archaeology’s capacity to inspire hope. Modern technologies capable of recovering microscopic details or reconstructing damaged inscriptions remind scholars that even the most neglected materials can reveal unexpected depths

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Rome and the Church in the United States

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