New Cardinal And President of WYD Said “We Don’t Want to Convert Young People to Christ, to The Catholic Church,” But What Was the Context?

Jul 12, 2023 08:44

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Cardenal Americo Aguiar. Photo: WYD

Analysis Opinion

Four Bishops Halt German Synodal Way Prohibiting the Use of Money

The bishops who have slowed down the synodal path are Cardinal Woelki, from Cologne; Bishop Hanke of Eichstätt; Bishop Oster of Passau; and Voderholzer, from Regensburg.

Jun 20, 2023 15:37

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Annual Survey Provides Insight into the State of the Permanent Diaconate in the Church

The estimated number of permanent deacons in active ministry was 13,695 in 2022, the lowest number since 2011. Although the proportion of active permanent deacons in the Latin Church is expected to remain relatively stable.

Jun 08, 2023 00:06

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Ireland: Catholics take a nosedive on the island of saints

Similarly, rises in the number of people identifying as Muslim, Hindu and non-denominational or evangelical Christians is a trend related to new migration patterns. It is also a trend we are likely to see continuing.

Jun 07, 2023 14:14

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Young People

Report Reveals That Children Inherit Their Parents’ Faith and Political Ideas

The religious and political affiliation of young people with their parents lasts longer among Protestants.

May 30, 2023 15:10

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Israel Has Fewer Women in Parliament, But More Women Workers Among the Ultra-Orthodox

The lack of adequate representation in the government and in the Knesset deals a severe blow to the status of women in Israel and can be expected to profoundly affect their lives for the worse.

May 29, 2023 07:21

ZENIT Staff

On the Controversy with Trump, Leo XIV Denounces a «Not Entirely Accurate Narrative»

During the flight from Cameroon to Angola, the third leg of an itinerary that will ultimately take him to Equatorial Guinea, the Pope explained to the approximately 70 journalists accompanying him that many media interpretations are based on a dynamic of «comments upon comments,» rather than reflecting his true intentions.

Leo XIV leads opinion polls and has become the most popular public figure in the United States

Recent surveys suggest that Pope Leo XIV has entered the public arena with a degree of moral credibility that few global figures can match

New Cardinal And President of WYD Said “We Don’t Want to Convert Young People to Christ, to The Catholic Church,” But What Was the Context?

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USA: Churches Better Valued Than President, Congress and Newspapers in Gallup Confidence Index

A cardinal in Moscow, the power of the powerless

Killings of Nigeriani Christians on the rise

The Problem of Suicide Among the Catholic Clergy: Alarm Raised Given the Increase in Some Countries

From Amazon to Turkey: Indigenous children ‘kidnapped’ and converted to Islam

Four Bishops Halt German Synodal Way Prohibiting the Use of Money

Annual Survey Provides Insight into the State of the Permanent Diaconate in the Church

Ireland: Catholics take a nosedive on the island of saints

Report Reveals That Children Inherit Their Parents’ Faith and Political Ideas

Israel Has Fewer Women in Parliament, But More Women Workers Among the Ultra-Orthodox