Vatican elevates oldest church on the Arabian Peninsula to basilica status

Nov 05, 2025 13:22

ZENIT Staff

Sacred Heart Church in Manama, Bahrain

Local Church

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

According to the study, which surveyed around 1,000 church members and was presented in Berlin this month, only 39 percent of practicing Christians in Germany say they would choose to belong to their church again if the decision were theirs as adults

Oct 30, 2025 20:04

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Good News•Local Church•Vatican City

United States to Exhibit Largest Collection of Vatican Treasures Outside Europe

The exhibition will display 300 items, including Pope Pius XII’s radio microphone, his papal ring, and an extremely rare historic Swiss Guard uniform.

Oct 29, 2025 19:58

Rafael Manuel Tovar

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

Archbishop Broglio cited the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a government program that aids needy families, as an example of an impacted program

Oct 29, 2025 15:44

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Religious Freedom

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

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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

Pope Leo XIV and his impressive and comprehensive reflection on our times, troubled by a growing number of tensions and conflicts

Address of the Pope to members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See for the presentation of New Year greetings

Cardinals will return to Rome for a new Consistory in June 2026 requested by Pope Leo XIV

The January gathering brought together 170 cardinals, both electors and non-electors, marking the first such assembly of Leo XIV’s pontificate. The June meeting, he explained, will not be an isolated event

Vatican elevates oldest church on the Arabian Peninsula to basilica status

This is the 197-inch sculpture dedicated to Pope Leo XIV in his former Peruvian diocese

Cuba: Hurricane destroys the National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre

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