Russian Reset Required in Rome

Oct 16, 2025 17:58

ZENIT Staff

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’

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

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV, China and attention to communities suffering for their faith

AsiaNews editorial director Fr. Gianni Criveller comments on the Pope’s words on China in an interview released in recent days: «He guarantees the continuity of previous choices, aware that there is time between now and the new expiry of the Agreement in 2028. But he also says he is listening to the “underground” communities that (rightly or wrongly) feel they have been sacrificed. So that the government’s narrative is not the only one in this complex and painful ecclesial affair.»

Sep 22, 2025 17:57

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians

«A Genocide,» — A Bishop Speaks Bluntly of the Suffering of Christians in Nigeria

In the interview, the Nigerian Bishop warns about the direction Europe is heading: «Islamic radicalism is already strong in Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom,» and warns that neighbouring countries like Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad «cannot take in millions of asylum seekers.»

Sep 11, 2025 22:18

ZENIT Staff

Photo Gallery: Leo XIV Now Has An Official Mosaic to Enrich St. Paul’s Basilica, and This Is How He Reacted When It Was Shown to Him

Just over eight months after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican Mosaic Workshop has completed the mosaic portrait for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, at the request of the Archpriest of the Basilica, Cardinal James Michael Harvey.

How Jesus Christ transforms man’s relationship with God, according to Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s general audience, January 14, 2026, on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation

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

Leo XIV, China and attention to communities suffering for their faith

«A Genocide,» — A Bishop Speaks Bluntly of the Suffering of Christians in Nigeria