Report shows that young Americans attend religious services more than their parents

Oct 31, 2025 18:05

Barna’s data show that Gen Z Christians attend religious services an average of 1.9 weekends per month, while Millennials follow closely at 1.8

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Against religious freedom: Venezuelan government attacks cardinal after country’s first saints are canonized

On October 25, Cardinal Baltazar Porras, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas and one of the most prominent voices in the Venezuelan Church, reported that government interference and military obstruction prevented him from reaching Isnotú, the birthplace of Saint José Gregorio Hernández

Oct 28, 2025 20:17

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Theme announced for the 2028 International Eucharistic Congress in Sydney

The Sydney gathering, scheduled for 2028, will unfold in a world marked by fragmentation, anxiety, and a hunger for meaning. Its chosen theme — the body given — speaks directly into that context. It reminds the faithful that love, in its most authentic form, is not sentiment but surrender

Oct 28, 2025 20:13

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Italian Catholic Church approves text of its Synodal Path: what issues caused division and why is it important for the rest of the Church?

The final vote reflects broad unity, though not without tension. While most proposals passed with over 90 percent approval, some — particularly those concerning women’s participation and shared governance — received around 75 to 80 percent support, signaling ongoing debate

Oct 28, 2025 20:10

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Nicolás Maduro attacks bishop; Cardinal Porras cancels Mass of thanksgiving for first Venezuelan saints

The canonization of Hernández and Rendiles could have been a unifying event for a country in pain. Instead, it revealed the moral chasm separating the Church’s vision of human dignity from the regime’s hunger for control

Oct 24, 2025 12:13

Enrique Villegas

Local Church

Digital Generosity or Digital Overreach? The Archdiocese of San Antonio Pushes Back Against GoFundMe’s “Unapproved” Charity Pages

The controversy places GoFundMe at a crossroads between innovation and intrusion—raising deeper questions about who controls the digital spaces where generosity meets technology

Oct 24, 2025 12:11

ZENIT Staff

The topics the Pope will discuss with all the world’s cardinals in late June have been announced: liturgy is not on the agenda

The agenda itself is revealing. While speculation in some circles had focused on possible discussions concerning liturgical questions or curial reform, the Consistory will instead concentrate on issues that Leo XIV appears to regard as more urgent

Reflections by Leo XIV on certain elements that constitute the sacred liturgy, such as rite, sign, and symbol

The Pope’s General Audience, June 3, 2026, on certain elements that constitute the sacred liturgy, such as rites, signs, and symbols

Report shows that young Americans attend religious services more than their parents

The world’s largest Orthodox cathedral is inaugurated: one of its most important benefactors was Saint John Paul II

Basilica of the Holy Family Becomes the Tallest Church in Europe

This is what World Youth Day Korea 2027 will look like, according to a presentation made to the press in Seoul

Research shows that German Catholics have a stronger attachment to the Church than Protestants

United States to Exhibit Largest Collection of Vatican Treasures Outside Europe

USA: Archbishop Broglio Urges Funding of Lifesaving Programs and an End to Federal Government Shutdown

Against religious freedom: Venezuelan government attacks cardinal after country’s first saints are canonized

Theme announced for the 2028 International Eucharistic Congress in Sydney

Italian Catholic Church approves text of its Synodal Path: what issues caused division and why is it important for the rest of the Church?

Nicolás Maduro attacks bishop; Cardinal Porras cancels Mass of thanksgiving for first Venezuelan saints

Digital Generosity or Digital Overreach? The Archdiocese of San Antonio Pushes Back Against GoFundMe’s “Unapproved” Charity Pages