Chinese government announces ban on online and AI content that discourages marriage or having children

Feb 17, 2026 17:05

he Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s top internet regulator, announced a month-long campaign to purge what it considers harmful or destabilizing online content

Analysis Opinion•Marriage and Family

China’s Reported Marriage Surge: A Turning Point or a Mirage of Reform?

To address a significant demographic issue, the authorities promote marriage and report an improvement. It may not be real.

Dec 10, 2025 18:14

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Marriage and Family

Against Western polyamory and African polygamy: this is what the Vatican’s new (and beautiful) document on marriage says

The Note proposes a vision of monogamy rooted not in rule-making but in anthropology. Marriage, it states, is built on an unbreakable exclusivity, the kind that turns two people into a single story without dissolving their individual identities

Nov 25, 2025 18:37

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church•Marriage and Family

The Catholic Church becomes the second most popular religion for weddings in the United Kingdom

Religious weddings accounted for just 32,473 ceremonies, with Anglican churches hosting approximately 70 percent of them.

Nov 24, 2025 18:28

Elizabeth Owens

Marriage and Family

Ecclesiological, juridical, and pastoral reflections of Pope Leo XIV on marriage annulment proceedings

Address of the Pope to participants in the international course promoted by the Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Nov 22, 2025 11:57

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Marriage and Family

Vatican announces doctrinal document on monogamy: here’s what we know

According to Vatican sources, We Two will seek to reaffirm the enduring truth of Christian marriage as an exclusive and indissoluble covenant. It will explore the theological depth of monogamy, not merely as a social convention, but as a sign that participates in the mystery of Christ’s unbreakable bond with his Church

Nov 10, 2025 09:48

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV will visit Algeria, the land of Saint Augustine, according to local media: these are the dates given by the press

There is also a practical indication reinforcing the plausibility of the trip. The official calendar of Wednesday general audiences published by the Prefecture of the Papal Household does not list an audience for April 15

Pope Leo XIV to priests: no to homilies with Artificial Intelligence and the search for “likes” and “followers” on social media

The Pope also warned against a subtler distortion of priestly identity: the search for validation on social media platforms such as TikTok. The illusion, he suggested, is to believe that accumulating followers or “likes” means one is effectively evangelizing

Chinese government announces ban on online and AI content that discourages marriage or having children

Men Are Happiest When They Do 2 Things, Data Shows

Reflections of Pope Leo XIV on the art of Christian education

«Why, Lord?» The Pope’s Most Moving Reflection Before Families Whose Children Died or Are in Hospital

China’s Fertility Crisis: Free Babies, Subsidized Embryos, and the Ghost of the One-Child Policy

Europe Union Yanks Funding from Pro-Life Groups

European Union: yes to funding abortion, no to funding large families

China’s Reported Marriage Surge: A Turning Point or a Mirage of Reform?

Against Western polyamory and African polygamy: this is what the Vatican’s new (and beautiful) document on marriage says

The Catholic Church becomes the second most popular religion for weddings in the United Kingdom

Ecclesiological, juridical, and pastoral reflections of Pope Leo XIV on marriage annulment proceedings

Vatican announces doctrinal document on monogamy: here’s what we know