USA: A Portrait of the Permanent Diaconate in 2025

Jun 13, 2025 16:20

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Local Church

6 countries with Catholic majorities among those affected by Trump’s new immigration measures

Among the hardest hit are Catholic-majority countries like Haiti, the Republic of the Congo, and Equatorial Guinea, which now face near-complete travel bans. Others—Venezuela, Cuba, and Burundi—will see their citizens subject to partial restrictions

Jun 07, 2025 23:05

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

USA: FBI’s Reach Into Catholic Traditionalism Wider Than Previously Admitted, New Documents Reveal

The implications are stark. Language from the memo compared traditional Catholic beliefs to “Islamist theology” and advised cultivating informants within Latin Mass parishes. Internal emails show that some agents were uneasy. One asked bluntly whether anyone had even requested such a product. Another warned about overreliance on the SPLC’s designations—labels that have sparked controversy for sweeping certain religious or socially conservative groups into categories of hate.

Jun 07, 2025 22:58

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Declining trend of abuse in U.S. church continues, according to new report

The report is based on the audit findings of StoneBridge Business Partners, a consulting firm which provides forensic, internal, and compliance audit services. A survey regarding allegations of abuse of minors and costs that is annually conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University is also included as a part of the report

Jun 06, 2025 23:15

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Reliquary of St. Therese of Lisieux to tour USA: here’s what you need to know

National Tour of St. Thérèse’s Relics Set to Inspire a New Generation of American Catholics

Jun 06, 2025 22:55

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Despite the arrival of a “Peruvian” as new Pope, Catholicism in Peru decreases according to study

According to a fresh national survey by the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP), Catholic identification in Peru dropped to 60.2 percent in May 2025, down from 63.5 percent just six months earlier

Jun 06, 2025 20:52

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV Speaks Again About Trump and the War (and It Is Announced That the Pope Will Carry the Cross Throughout the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday)

Referring indirectly to geopolitical developments, including statements by Donald Trump about ending ongoing conflicts, Leo expressed cautious hope that political leaders might be seeking “a way out” of violence

Pope Leo XIV Reverses Another Decision of Pope Francis: World Children’s Day Cancelled in Rome

All initiatives aimed at children’s ministry may be celebrated, at the discretion of the Bishops, at the diocesan or parish level.

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USA: A Portrait of the Permanent Diaconate in 2025

Italian Government Unilaterally Changes Funding System That Harms the Church

Pope Leo’s visit to Argentina unofficially confirmed after audience with President Milei

The best-documented case of an exorcism in the U.S. comes to the movies (with Catholic priest’s advice)

U.S. Bishops Write Letter to Congress on Artificial Intelligence

The Catholic population is falling and the Muslim population is growing… in New Zealand!

Archdiocese of Washington to lay off employees to address financial crisis stemming (in part) from McCarrick case

6 countries with Catholic majorities among those affected by Trump’s new immigration measures

USA: FBI’s Reach Into Catholic Traditionalism Wider Than Previously Admitted, New Documents Reveal

Declining trend of abuse in U.S. church continues, according to new report

Reliquary of St. Therese of Lisieux to tour USA: here’s what you need to know

Despite the arrival of a “Peruvian” as new Pope, Catholicism in Peru decreases according to study