Two out of three Protestant pastors use AI to prepare sermons: these and other revelations from a new study

Dec 19, 2025 11:29

Jorge Enrique Mújica

What once sounded like a speculative debate about technology and theology has become a concrete reality

Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

The Gospel According to the Elves: Quebec Secularism Law Targets Even Baby Jesus

Quebec’s new “Secularism 2.0” law is less about neutrality than about neutering religion, reducing faith to folklore while policing prayer out of public life.

Dec 10, 2025 18:17

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Marriage and Family

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

To address a significant demographic issue, the authorities promote marriage and report an improvement. It may not be real.

Dec 10, 2025 18:14

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Young People

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

The measure did not emerge in a vacuum. For years, Australian parents have voiced concern over the stark gap between their children’s physical maturity and the psychological intensity of online environments

Dec 06, 2025 15:47

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Ecumenism

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

‘The theological dialogue that the Orthodox Church conducts with the Roman Catholic Church, as well as with the rest of the Christian world, in no way seeks to reach a compromise or to betray Orthodoxy.’

Dec 03, 2025 17:44

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Young People

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

The platforms they mentioned form a constellation familiar to anyone who observes Gen Z: TikTok leads the pack at fifty-six percent, followed closely by Instagram at fifty-two and YouTube at forty-five. Twitter/X, once the dominant arena for real-time updates, shows greater use among students at Catholic universities (forty-four percent) compared to their peers at non-Catholic institutions (twenty-nine).

Nov 25, 2025 18:34

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Trump responds to Pope Leo XIV: I don’t want a ceasefire

Donald Trump has publicly dismissed the very idea of a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict involving Iran. Questioned about the Pope’s earlier call—issued on 15 March—for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a reopening of dialogue, the U.S. president was blunt: “We can talk, but I don’t want a ceasefire.”

The account of the resurrection of Lazarus and the symptom of a longing for the infinite, as reflected upon by Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, March 22, 2026

Two out of three Protestant pastors use AI to prepare sermons: these and other revelations from a new study

This is what happens to a woman who has an abortion: results of peer-reviewed scientific study on post-abortion syndrome published

Syria: in 14 years, the Christian presence has fallen by 84%: these are the numbers

The return of confession: a sacrament regaining its place. What a French study says

American Catholics are in favor of the death penalty. This is according to a recently published survey

One year after his election, this is what polls say about Catholic support for Trump in the US and his immigration policy

Rome and the Church in the United States

The Gospel According to the Elves: Quebec Secularism Law Targets Even Baby Jesus

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