USA: year of the next National Eucharistic Congress announced

Feb 16, 2025 17:07

ZENIT Staff

The 11th National Eucharistic Congress will take place in 2029 Photo: Vatican News

Local Church

U.S. Sunday Mass attendance returns to pre-pandemic levels, but challenges persist

Gray and his colleagues relied on national surveys and data from Google Trends, which tracks fluctuations in search activity for terms related to Mass attendance. Though not a direct measurement, these digital signals provide insights into how people’s religious practices evolve over time.

Feb 13, 2025 17:47

Tim Daniels

Local Church•Testimonies

Religious sisters are “the foot soldiers of Christ” in Zimbabwe, says bishop

Bishop Raymond Mupandasekwa said the Church has been slow to recognize the contribution of sisters to the work of the Church, but fortunately in Zimbabwe this is beginning to change.

Feb 13, 2025 17:40

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Religious Freedom

Catholic Church in China: The Strange Case of Bishop Ji Weizhong

Once again, the CCP announced it had “elected” a bishop three months before the Pope appointed him. The Papal mandate was not mentioned in the consecration ceremony.

Feb 11, 2025 11:40

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Francis

“Deportation hurts the dignity of many men»: Pope Francis in letter to U.S. bishops

Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United Sates of America

Feb 11, 2025 06:41

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

Bishop Barron announces founding of new congregation dedicated to digital evangelization

This development is not just another expansion of Word on Fire—it represents a new model of priestly life, one that places digital mission work at its core. The move signals a recognition that the internet is not simply a tool for spreading the Gospel but a mission field in itself, one that demands a dedicated response from the Church.

Feb 10, 2025 20:06

Tim Daniels

How Jesus Christ transforms man’s relationship with God, according to Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s general audience, January 14, 2026, on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation

Pope Leo XIV Receives Nobel Prize Laureate Maria Corina Machado: This Is What the Venezuelan Leader Asked Him

Maria Corina Machado also expressed to the Pope the importance of the civic demonstration carried out by Venezuelans on July 28, 2024, which reaffirmed the legitimacy of President Edmundo González Urrutia.

USA: year of the next National Eucharistic Congress announced

Lightning Strike Destroys the Home of the Legionaries of Christ in Cumming, Georgia

Which U.S. dioceses have vocational replacement, which do not and why? Study answers

USCCB Releases Guidance on Assisted Reproduction, Rejecting IVF and Surrogacy

Investigation Launched into Seton Hall President’s Handling of McCarrick Allegations

Washington bill aims to violate confidentiality of confessions

A New Generation of Religious: 7 out of 10 have a university degree

U.S. Sunday Mass attendance returns to pre-pandemic levels, but challenges persist

Religious sisters are “the foot soldiers of Christ” in Zimbabwe, says bishop

Catholic Church in China: The Strange Case of Bishop Ji Weizhong

“Deportation hurts the dignity of many men»: Pope Francis in letter to U.S. bishops

Bishop Barron announces founding of new congregation dedicated to digital evangelization