Synodality against episcopacy?

Apr 14, 2025 16:31

ZENIT Staff

PHOTO.VA - OSSERVATORE ROMANO

Analysis Opinion•Pro Life

Planned Parenthood: The “Non-Profit” Organization with Million- Dollar Fees

A recent report reveals the million-dollar remunerations of Planned Parenthood Executives. However, this abortifacient organization, financed with public funds, presents itself as a non-profit organization.

Apr 03, 2025 06:44

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Woman

Why Men and Women’s Brains Are Wired Differently — And How It Affects Us All

Why would this be? Why would men and women respond differently to essentially identical brain damage? This is why: in women, language and spatial skills are controlled by both sides of the brain, while in the male brain, each is limited to one hemisphere. So, when one side was damaged, the women could compensate, whereas the men could not.

Apr 02, 2025 17:48

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

French Laïcité vs. American Secularism

When Americans look at bans on religious clothing in France, they should remember the broader historical and social context, and that laïcité remains a decisively French answer to universal problems.

Mar 28, 2025 18:32

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Holy Land

Clashes with the Syrians and Israeli reprisals: The fires that kindle Lebanon

At least seven deaths in a border area. The fragility of a frontier that has long been a free zone for trafficking and illicit trade. Fears of an escalation with the Jewish state and US manoeuvres for ‘normalisation’. In the spirit of the Abu Dhabi declaration, Christians and Muslims celebrate the feast of the Annunciation

Mar 27, 2025 22:00

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

‘A really positive contribution’: study reveals lifelong benefits of Catholic education

The VCEA study revealed that people who attended Catholic schools earn higher wages on average compared with government school attendees and are more likely to be employed. Beyond financial metrics, the study also found Catholic school graduates are more likely to work in industries that directly benefit the public.

Mar 25, 2025 20:26

ZENIT Staff

One in three Mexican bishops will be replaced by Pope Leo XIV between 2026 and 2027

The generational shift is also visible in the provenance of current appointments. As of the beginning of 2026, 52.5 percent of Mexico’s bishops and archbishops were appointed by Pope Francis, 27.6 percent by Benedict XVI, 17.2 percent by John Paul II, and just 2.6 percent by Leo XIV himself. That last figure is set to rise sharply

For the first time, a Pope will address the Spanish Parliament: it will be Leo XIV during his visit to Madrid in June 2026

According to converging confirmations from parliamentary and ecclesial sources, the Vatican and the Spanish Congress have agreed to convene a joint session of both chambers of the Cortes Generales so that the Pope may address deputies and senators gathered in the hemicycle

Synodality against episcopacy?

Psychology and Its Influence on Religion

Death penalty: highest number in the Middle East since 2015

The Truth about Transgenderism

Survey reveals contrasting Christian approaches to Lenten fasting

Study reveals how John Paul II’s travels influenced Latin America’s birth rate

Study reveals that 2 out of 10 adults have abandoned the faith they grew up in: Christianity and Buddhism most affected

Planned Parenthood: The “Non-Profit” Organization with Million- Dollar Fees

Why Men and Women’s Brains Are Wired Differently — And How It Affects Us All

French Laïcité vs. American Secularism

Clashes with the Syrians and Israeli reprisals: The fires that kindle Lebanon

‘A really positive contribution’: study reveals lifelong benefits of Catholic education