The Philosophy and Theology Behind Stranger Things

Jan 17, 2026 12:17

ZENIT Staff

What begins as a story of childhood adventure gradually unfolds into a meditation on evil

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

American missiles, persecuted Christians, and a country that cannot protect them: why did Trump bomb part of Nigeria?

The airstrikes, carried out in coordination with Abuja, targeted militant camps hidden in dense forest areas of Sokoto State, near the border with Niger

Dec 29, 2025 15:55

Elizabeth Owens

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: A decade of terror for Catholic priests

New data highlights scale of priest kidnappings amid Nigeria’s security crisis

Dec 23, 2025 15:36

Maria Lozano

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Polonia: Sunday Mass Attendance Rises as Sacramental Life Continues to Thin

According to the 2024 edition of the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae in Polonia, 29.6 percent of Polish Catholics eligible to attend Mass were present on an average Sunday last year

Dec 22, 2025 15:29

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Analysis Opinion

Two out of three Protestant pastors use AI to prepare sermons: these and other revelations from a new study

According to the 2025 State of AI in the Church Survey, produced by AiForChurchLeaders.com in collaboration with Exponential AI NEXT, nearly two-thirds of pastors report using artificial intelligence on a weekly or even daily basis

Dec 19, 2025 11:29

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Pro Life•Woman

This is what happens to a woman who has an abortion: results of peer-reviewed scientific study on post-abortion syndrome published

The Grief That Did Not Fade: New Research Reopens the Debate on Abortion and Long-Term Mental Health

Dec 18, 2025 11:27

Jorge Enrique Mújica

15,000 police officers, 2,500 journalists… the surprising numbers (challenges and opportunities) surrounding the Pope’s visit to France

Leo XIV Heads to France as a Quiet Religious Revival Meets a Country in Search of Common Ground

Stephen Colbert and Scott Brick will narrate the first English-language audiobook by Pope Leo XIV

The collection also shows a future Pope addressing a world already marked by the tensions that would later become familiar features of his pontificate: the consequences of September 11, political ideologies, poverty, conflict and questions surrounding human rights. The publisher presents these writings as an opportunity to see the reasoning behind some of Prevost’s contemplative responses to those challenges

The Philosophy and Theology Behind Stranger Things

China’s Fertility Crisis: Free Babies, Subsidized Embryos, and the Ghost of the One-Child Policy

Investigation: How the Holy See sought a final diplomatic solution for Maduro

Haunted Without God: Why Secular Americans Still Believe Something Lingers

U.S. Congressional Report Maps a Broadening Repression in China

The Ten Countries That Contributed the Most Pilgrims to the Jubilee and Other Surprising Interesting Data

Beyond “No Religion”: Why Britain’s Young Adults Are Rethinking God, Gratitude, and Meaning

American missiles, persecuted Christians, and a country that cannot protect them: why did Trump bomb part of Nigeria?

Nigeria: A decade of terror for Catholic priests

Polonia: Sunday Mass Attendance Rises as Sacramental Life Continues to Thin

Two out of three Protestant pastors use AI to prepare sermons: these and other revelations from a new study

This is what happens to a woman who has an abortion: results of peer-reviewed scientific study on post-abortion syndrome published