Only a 1% Chance of Being Born Alive . . . Yet He Lived. The Hopeful Case of a Baby Born Without Kidneys, Urethra, or Bladder

Oct 20, 2026 17:32

Alma Recinas

Iñigo Prieto Delic is one of only eight children worldwide to have survived bilateral renal agenesis Photo: Alfa&Omega

Marriage and Family

Meta’s $16.7 Billion Reckoning: Why the Fight Over Social Media Addiction Is Really a Battle for Children

Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has agreed to pay $16.7 billion in a settlement with state attorneys general pursuing claims that its platforms contributed to addictive patterns among minors

Aug 29, 2026 20:10

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Marriage and Family

A Man’s Brain Changes (For the Better) When He Becomes a Father: Findings Revealed by the Nature Review

Certain ideological stances portray the father as merely an «accessory figure,» reducing his importance to social factors alone. Research concludes that «the transition to fatherhood marks one of the most transformative periods in human life, requiring fathers to adapt to a new, lifelong role.» What is the basis for this claim?

Aug 17, 2026 17:10

Rafael Llanes

Cardinals and Bishops•Gender Ideology•Marriage and Family

German Bishop Promotes Gender Ideology in Schools; Parents Speak Out to Rome; Vatican Remains Silent

Hamburg’s Catholic Schools Face a Test of Parental Trust — and Rome’s Silence

Aug 16, 2026 13:05

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Analysis Opinion•Marriage and Family

Fatherhood and motherhood reshape the importance people place on marriage, according to a study

Something more specific is happening: parenthood appears to be restoring some of the importance Americans attach to marriage.

Aug 10, 2026 20:25

Tim Daniels

Causes of Saints•Local Church•Marriage and Family

Interest surges in U.S. beatification of Georgia Martyrs who died defending marriage

“The martyrs stood up for the sanctity of marriage,” Bishop Stephen D. Parkes of Savannah, Georgia, told OSV News of the five Franciscan friars from Spain who died in present-day Georgia in the 16th century. “It gives us an opportunity really to … reinforce the Church’s teaching on marriage.”

Jul 24, 2026 19:46

ZENIT Staff

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Argentina Prepares to Welcome Leo XIV: Papal Vehicles, a Mass of 2,000 Ministers and a Nation Invited to Rise Together

Toyota Argentina formally handed over the Buenos Aires vehicle to Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach on October 28, at the Kansai dealership, which represented the Holy See in the arrangement. The second vehicle is already in Córdoba, where it is being held under the protection of the National Gendarmerie until the Pope’s activities there

Holiness, beautifully explained by Leo XIV on the Solemnity of All Saints

Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, November 1, 2026

Only a 1% Chance of Being Born Alive . . . Yet He Lived. The Hopeful Case of a Baby Born Without Kidneys, Urethra, or Bladder

Pakistan: Bill to Reform the Christian Marriage Law Passes

Marital Crisis as a Cause of the Church’s Crisis: What a Study Reveals and 4 Recommendations for Addressing It

Young religious people are happier, healthier, and more successful: these are the findings of a revealing study published in the U.S.

Practicing Catholics report happier marriages and sex lives, according to a new study. Here are the results

Sex education in Catholic schools sparks a dispute between parents and the bishop of Hamburg, with the Vatican looking on

USA: Maine Supreme Court Rules Dad Can Forbid Mom From Taking Teen Christian to Church

Meta’s $16.7 Billion Reckoning: Why the Fight Over Social Media Addiction Is Really a Battle for Children

A Man’s Brain Changes (For the Better) When He Becomes a Father: Findings Revealed by the Nature Review

German Bishop Promotes Gender Ideology in Schools; Parents Speak Out to Rome; Vatican Remains Silent

Fatherhood and motherhood reshape the importance people place on marriage, according to a study

Interest surges in U.S. beatification of Georgia Martyrs who died defending marriage