Pope Leo XIV to Visit Uruguay: Cardinal Sturla Reveals Details About the Pope’s Upcoming Trip to South America

Jul 16, 2026 06:49

The tentative trip would also include Argentina and Peru and could take place between November 5 and 15 Photo: Vatican Media

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

How many Catholics are there in Mexico? What the statistics show—and the challenge they present

Mexico continues to occupy a pivotal place within world Catholicism. Vatican statistical publications, including the 2026 Pontifical Yearbook and the 2024 Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae, project that the country now has approximately 101.3 million baptized Catholics, making it the second-largest Catholic nation in the world after Brazil

Jul 12, 2026 10:00

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

These are the most-visited churches in Spain in 2026, according to new research

According to the study, between 17 and 20 million people travel to Spain every year for religious, spiritual or cultural reasons

Jul 12, 2026 09:48

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Despite the continuing decline in the number of Catholics, the Church’s tax revenue in Germany is on the rise again: here are the numbers

The so-called «church tax miracle» may therefore prove to be less a sign of ecclesial renewal than a temporary consequence of economic and demographic factors

Jul 10, 2026 12:59

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV•Young People

The Pope to Young Iraqi Christians: Your Mission Is to Be Light in the Darkness

The «Ankawa Youth Meeting» is the largest Christian gathering in Iraq. It began in 2013, though it had to be suspended the following year due to the occupation of the Nineveh Plains — where Erbil is located — by ISIS and the ensuing conflict.

Jul 09, 2026 12:09

ZENIT Staff

Causes of Saints•Local Church

A Nobel Prize on the path to sainthood: Bishop of Oslo announces the start of Sigrid Undset’s canonization process

Before announcing the initiative publicly, Bishop Hansen consulted both the Nordic Bishops’ Conference—which includes bishops from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden—and scholars familiar with Undset’s life and writings. The diocesan phase of the cause is expected to begin formally this autumn

Jul 09, 2026 09:19

Joachin Meisner Hertz