The Catholic Church in Brazil: An Innovative National Database and a Response to the Possibility That Protestants Might Outnumber Them

May 02, 2026 11:42

ZENIT Staff

62nd Plenary Assembly of Brazilian Bishops

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Young People

A realignment: what the latest data reveal about faith, gender, and the future of religion among America’s youth

Taken together, the evidence resists simplistic narratives of either religious revival or irreversible decline. Instead, it points to a more fragmented and internally differentiated Generation Z, in which belief, belonging, and practice no longer move in tandem

Apr 29, 2026 10:24

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Good News•Local Church

New research reports an increase in church attendance and donations and a decrease in clergy departures

Catholic and Orthodox communities report the highest average attendance, around 200 participants, partly reflecting their structural organization with fewer but larger parishes. Evangelical congregations average 75 attendees, while mainline Protestant churches report around 50

Apr 28, 2026 17:09

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church

125 Years of Jakarta Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Friendship Tunnel with the Mosque

The project for a tunnel connecting the largest mosque in Southeast Asia, the Istiqlal Grand Mosque of Jakarta, and the Cathedral was approved. In 2020. Both places of worship are located in the center of the capital of Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world, separated only by a busy avenue.

Apr 28, 2026 11:01

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

New President elected for the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

The Bishops of England and Wales have elected Archbishop Richard Moth, Archbishop of Westminster, as President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.

Apr 27, 2026 10:37

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

The Impact of the Bible in 2026: Openness to the Bible’s message is on the rise, while its use and reading are declining. Findings from a study by the American Bible Society

State of the Bible findings come from a nationally representative survey designed by American Bible Society and fielded by NORC at the University of Chicago, using their AmeriSpeak panel

Apr 27, 2026 10:00

ZENIT Staff

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

The Catholic Church in Brazil: An Innovative National Database and a Response to the Possibility That Protestants Might Outnumber Them

What is God’s vision for Jerusalem amid the conflict? Cardinal Pizzaballa responds

The closure of the famous Carmelite convent from Bernanos’s renowned work Dialogue of the Carmelites has been announced

Photo and Living Witnesses of a Miracle Amidst War: Lebanese Catholics Find Eucharistic Miracle

Pope Leo XIV won’t be visiting the U.S. in 2026, but his popemobile will: here’s what we know

Belarus releases Discalced Carmelite friar accused of espionage

They give the Eucharist to their dogs, are reported to the bishop, and the diocese issues a ruling: what was it?

A realignment: what the latest data reveal about faith, gender, and the future of religion among America’s youth

New research reports an increase in church attendance and donations and a decrease in clergy departures

125 Years of Jakarta Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Friendship Tunnel with the Mosque

New President elected for the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

The Impact of the Bible in 2026: Openness to the Bible’s message is on the rise, while its use and reading are declining. Findings from a study by the American Bible Society