How Catholicism declined in Latin America over 10 years: study shows growth in agnosticism and other interesting data

Jan 22, 2026 18:50

Catholicism remains the largest religious tradition across the region, but its social dominance is eroding Photo: Eduardo Parra (EP)

Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

U.S. Congressional Report Maps a Broadening Repression in China

The document released by the U.S. Congressional‑Executive Commission on China (quoting several “Bitter Winter” articles) insists on religious persecution.

Jan 07, 2026 17:43

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Jubilee 2025•Rome

The Ten Countries That Contributed the Most Pilgrims to the Jubilee and Other Surprising Interesting Data

The 25 countries from which most pilgrims flocked to Rome account for 90.3% of the total number of pilgrims.

Jan 06, 2026 09:59

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Young People

Beyond “No Religion”: Why Britain’s Young Adults Are Rethinking God, Gratitude, and Meaning

Gratitude itself proved to be a revealing lens. Asked who or what they felt grateful to, respondents most often cited nature, other people, and themselves. God ranked fourth overall, but among 18- to 34-year-olds it rose sharply

Jan 04, 2026 19:46

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Persecuted Christians

American missiles, persecuted Christians, and a country that cannot protect them: why did Trump bomb part of Nigeria?

The airstrikes, carried out in coordination with Abuja, targeted militant camps hidden in dense forest areas of Sokoto State, near the border with Niger

Dec 29, 2025 15:55

Elizabeth Owens

Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: A decade of terror for Catholic priests

New data highlights scale of priest kidnappings amid Nigeria’s security crisis

Dec 23, 2025 15:36

Maria Lozano

This is what the letter says—the surprising and important letter that Leo XIV sent to the cardinals ahead of the Consistory in June 2026

Letter from Pope Leo XIV to the cardinals ahead of the upcoming consistory in 2026

Although there are no diplomatic relations, the President of the National Assembly of Vietnam invites Pope Leo XIV to visit the country

The President of the National Assembly in Hanoi presented the Pope with a letter from the President, who is now firmly at the helm of power in Vietnam. It was precisely internal disagreements over the local political balance of power that had slowed down the preparations for the visit, which is so eagerly awaited by the Catholic community. Cardinal Parolin is due to visit soon to establish full diplomatic relations. The possibility of 2027, when the Pope is already expected in Seoul for World Youth Day.

How Catholicism declined in Latin America over 10 years: study shows growth in agnosticism and other interesting data

Three US cardinals open battle against Donald Trump

One in seven Christians worldwide suffers persecution: revealing data from a new professional report

The Philosophy and Theology Behind Stranger Things

China’s Fertility Crisis: Free Babies, Subsidized Embryos, and the Ghost of the One-Child Policy

Investigation: How the Holy See sought a final diplomatic solution for Maduro

Haunted Without God: Why Secular Americans Still Believe Something Lingers

U.S. Congressional Report Maps a Broadening Repression in China

The Ten Countries That Contributed the Most Pilgrims to the Jubilee and Other Surprising Interesting Data

Beyond “No Religion”: Why Britain’s Young Adults Are Rethinking God, Gratitude, and Meaning

American missiles, persecuted Christians, and a country that cannot protect them: why did Trump bomb part of Nigeria?

Nigeria: A decade of terror for Catholic priests