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Jul 28, 2025 13:35

ZENIT Staff

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Analysis Opinion

China: out of top ten countries with most Christians, first place in people not affiliated with a religion

China, the world’s most populous nation, now also holds the title of the most religiously unaffiliated. According to Pew’s updated methodology, 90% of China’s population — some 1.3 billion people — reported no formal religious affiliation in 2020

Jul 19, 2025 22:22

Lim Kym

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Ireland: Excavations Continue in Tuam, Searching for Church Culprits

In Ireland, excavations are resuming in Tuam, searching for the bones of 796 children who were housed at the local Mother and Baby Home between 1925 and 1961. The media blames the nuns, as if they were the ones who murdered them. The reality is very different.

Jul 19, 2025 08:11

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

U.S. Catholic priests write to Pope asking for just canonical process when they receive accusations

Their recent report, circulated among Church leaders and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, outlines a pattern in which accused priests are frequently suspended, named publicly, or otherwise penalized before an investigation concludes—sometimes even without sufficient preliminary evidence

Jul 17, 2025 16:57

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Marriage and Family

Married Fatherhood Is Key to Solving the Masculinity Crisis

In order to understand why males are struggling to find meaning, it helps to ask: What is it that gives life meaning?

Jul 16, 2025 16:03

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Why AI Needs Religion & Spirituality: Reflections on the AI, Religion and Spirituality Manifesto

The rapidly moving developments in AI and health include last week’s announcement by Microsoft that their MAI-DxO AI health diagnostic system reportedly diagnosed patients 4 times more accurately than human doctors. This, combined this other applications such as ElliQ’s AI health sidekick, threatens to replace personal interaction with AI robotic systems that overlook spiritual realities, not to mention opens the door for misuse.

Jul 14, 2025 12:07

ZENIT Staff

The gunman who attempted to assassinate John Paul II tried to meet with Leo XIV in Turquí: what happened?

Agca arrived with the unmistakable intention of inserting himself into the story. Speaking to Turkish media, he expressed hope for a brief conversation with the pontiff—a few minutes, nothing more—while insisting that the papal presence in Iznik was “extraordinary.”

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Homily of Pope Leo XIV at the concluding Mass of his pastoral visit to Lebanon

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