Poland: half of the Catholic clergy have been attacked and/or assaulted in the last year

Jul 14, 2025 12:05

8th meeting of the “Margaretka” apostolate, formed by faithful who pray for priests in Poland Photo: Hermanos Menores Conventuales

Analysis Opinion

Towards the Dalai Lama’s succession: Chinese communist government interference to decide a “reincarnation”

On the eve of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama announced that the Gaden Phodrang Trust will recognise his next reincarnation. Religious tradition will thus be respected while China will be excluded from any role. However, Beijing immediately responded by claiming control over the process. This heralds a future with two Dalai Lamas and a major legitimacy crisis that could turn into a wider geopolitical confrontation.

Jul 05, 2025 23:24

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Internal (and leaked) Vatican report questions justification for suppression of Latin Mass

The internal report, prepared by the Fourth Section of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (formerly the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei), summarized the data received from dioceses across continents and highlighted seven major findings. Together, these findings portray a reality that sharply diverges from the narrative presented in Traditionis Custodes

Jul 03, 2025 19:20

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Spirituality•Vocations

The Crippling Effect of Modern Discernment

Nowhere is discernment more on display than in the modern consideration of a vocation to the priesthood or religious life. Here, an entire subculture of “the discerning” has formed. They read the same books, like the same bands, and appropriate the same spiritual language.

Jul 01, 2025 14:14

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion

Will Leo XIV Remove Restrictions on The Traditional Mass? A Cardinal Has Asked Him to Do So. This Is What He Said

There is information about his work as Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, where he oversaw the application of Summorum Pontificum in his diocese, and there is no record that he restricted the Traditional Latin Mass.

Jun 30, 2025 17:42

Rafael Llanes

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Trump won election thanks to Catholic and Protestant vote, new study finds with evidence

Based on a robust sample of 7,100 validated voters—those confirmed to have actually voted—Pew’s analysis shows that Trump captured 62% of the Protestant vote in 2024, up three points from 2020. Among Catholics, he saw a notable six-point increase, drawing 55% of their support

Jun 29, 2025 23:44

Tim Daniels

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.”

The homily with which Pope Leo XIV instilled hope in the Lebanese people

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

Poland: half of the Catholic clergy have been attacked and/or assaulted in the last year

International Trans Lobby gives up on SCOTUS cases

Against the Dalai Lama, the CCP Deploys the False Panchen Lama

An Open Letter to the Bishops of Latin America

Who Is Afraid of Catholic Saints? A Strange Campaign Against Carlo Acutis

Ordinations Across a Shifting Continent: A Fragmented Yet Revealing Portrait of Catholic Priesthood in Europe, 2025

Media obsession with ‘wicked nuns’ upended by Irish report on Tuam mother and baby home

Towards the Dalai Lama’s succession: Chinese communist government interference to decide a “reincarnation”

Internal (and leaked) Vatican report questions justification for suppression of Latin Mass

The Crippling Effect of Modern Discernment

Will Leo XIV Remove Restrictions on The Traditional Mass? A Cardinal Has Asked Him to Do So. This Is What He Said

Trump won election thanks to Catholic and Protestant vote, new study finds with evidence