China’s Reported Marriage Surge: A Turning Point or a Mirage of Reform?

Dec 10, 2025 18:14

ZENIT Staff

In the first three quarters of 2025, China recorded 5.152 million marriage registrations Photo: Dr. Hans-Günter Wagner

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

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

The percentage of people who consider religion important in their lives is falling, according to a US study

According to Gallup’s latest findings, fewer than half of Americans—49 percent—say religion remains important to their daily lives. Ten years ago, that figure stood at 66 percent

Nov 17, 2025 17:32

Tim Daniels

Analysis Opinion

Cross and Crescent in Crisis: Is There a Persecution of Christians in Nigeria?

President Trump’s remarks have sparked an international controversy, lacking nuance and full of misunderstandings.

Nov 14, 2025 19:34

ZENIT Staff

From Africa to Spain via Monaco: this is Leo XIV’s global travel schedule for 2026

The schedule outlines three distinct journeys: a ten-day pilgrimage across four African nations, a one-day visit to Monaco, and a six-day trip to Spain that will culminate in the Canary Islands. Together, they form a carefully calibrated map of priorities that blends history, diplomacy, evangelization and social concern.

Did Pope Leo XIV speak out against the Spanish party Vox, which is aligned with the Trump administration?

The episode underscores how quickly nuanced papal language can be refracted through national political debates—and how carefully episcopal conferences now feel compelled to guard the boundary between pastoral guidance and partisan interpretation

China’s Reported Marriage Surge: A Turning Point or a Mirage of Reform?

This is the first country to legally ban social media for children, and this is what studies say about it

From the revocation of anathema in Nicaea, 17 centuries after the first Ecumenical Synod

How do young Catholics stay informed? Here’s how the digital generation consumes (and how often) news

The health (physical, mental, and spiritual) of Australian clergy in 2025: What interesting research reveals

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

What the 2025 Theology Survey Reveals About American Faith

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

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

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

The percentage of people who consider religion important in their lives is falling, according to a US study

Cross and Crescent in Crisis: Is There a Persecution of Christians in Nigeria?