Faith is regaining its place in moral and cultural debates in the US, according to a study

Oct 21, 2025 12:25

Jorge Enrique Mújica

most Americans still believe religion’s influence is waning

Analysis Opinion•Vocations

What keeps pastors in the pulpit, and why do some leave? The study that sheds light on departures by Catholic priests

While the study focuses on Protestant clergy, its insights inevitably raise questions about the Catholic priesthood, where annual departures, though less frequently studied, remain a pastoral concern

Oct 02, 2025 17:19

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Vocations

Measuring the Call: New Study Exposes Strengths and Gaps in U.S. Seminary Assessments

The research also highlights the human complexity of vocation. Respondents were asked how they determine whether a man has sufficiently worked through personal trauma. The answers reveal a pastoral instinct as much as a scientific one: openness to therapy, transparency with formation teams, evidence of growth in prayer and self-awareness, and the ability to integrate past wounds into a mature spiritual life

Sep 28, 2025 19:27

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Gender Ideology

Catholics and gender ideology

The Body Reveals the Person: A Catholic Response to the Challenges of Gender Ideology, by Bishop Daniel E. Thomas, is a thoughtful, beautifully illustrated, and thoroughly documented text that should be read in full.

Sep 26, 2025 19:23

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Homosexuality•Pope Francis

Does a pontificate influence LGBT+ acceptance by the clergy? A study provides the answer

A new study by Jesuit Lucas Sharma suggests that papal tone, more than politics, seminary generation, or personal identity, strongly influences how Catholic clergy approach LGBTQ+ issues

Sep 23, 2025 17:14

Valentina di Giorgio

Analysis Opinion

Study Links Traditional Eucharistic Practices to Stronger Belief in Christ’s Presence

What made a difference, Lindemann found, was not gender, age, or ethnicity, but liturgical context. Catholics who had ever received Communion on the tongue scored significantly higher in belief than those who had never done so.

Sep 23, 2025 12:07

Tim Daniels

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

Faith is regaining its place in moral and cultural debates in the US, according to a study

Study reveals that priests in the US trust the Pope, but not their own bishops

Russian Reset Required in Rome

The 2025 National Study of Catholic Priests Is Released, and These Are the Results on Well-being, Trust in Bishops, and Pastoral Priorities

The Other Global Shortage: A Hundred Million Christians Still Waiting for a Bible

On the Exhortation Dilexi te: when Peter reminds us that the poor are at the heart of the Gospel

The schism and the ecumenical problems ahead: a woman is the new head of Anglicans worldwide

What keeps pastors in the pulpit, and why do some leave? The study that sheds light on departures by Catholic priests

Measuring the Call: New Study Exposes Strengths and Gaps in U.S. Seminary Assessments

Catholics and gender ideology

Does a pontificate influence LGBT+ acceptance by the clergy? A study provides the answer

Study Links Traditional Eucharistic Practices to Stronger Belief in Christ’s Presence