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

Jan 17, 2026 12:10

ZENIT Staff

no amount of subsidies will restore the family as a meaningful institution Photo: Giulia Marchi para The New York Times

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

Marriage and Family•Testimonies

JD Vance (Catholic vice president of the USA) and his desire for his wife to convert to Catholicism

The Vice President, a Catholic convert since 2019, spoke openly about raising his children in the Catholic faith—and about his hope that his wife, Usha, who was raised in a Hindu family, might one day share his belief in the Gospel

Nov 03, 2025 10:02

Tim Daniels

Justice and Peace•Marriage and Family•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom

“They Took Our Children”: Christian Parents Bring Sweden Before European Court of Human Rights After Almost 3 Years’ Separation from Daughters

Two daughters of a Christian couple in Sweden were seized by the state after their older daughter made a false report at school over her parents’ refusal to give her a phone and allow makeup, prompting allegations of “religious extremism,” even though she promptly retracted

Oct 26, 2025 19:54

ZENIT Staff

Marriage and Family•Pope Leo XIV

Marriage and Family: The Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Pope Leo XIV to the John Paul II Theological Institute

Address by Pope Leo XIV to the participants in the World Meeting of Popular Movements

Oct 25, 2025 15:41

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Marriage and Family

The state of ecclesiastical marriage in a Catholic European country: Italy

The causes of this cultural shift are complex but unmistakable. Italy, long synonymous with Catholic identity, is becoming increasingly secular, especially in urban centers

Oct 11, 2025 13:23

ZENIT Staff

Mexican, a woman, a layperson, and former president of EWTN: this is the woman Pope Leo XIV chose as the first prefect of the Dicastery for Communication

Five years ago, Pope Francis publicly lamented what he described as criticism coming from a major Catholic television network (EWTN). Today, under a different pontificate, a senior executive from that same organization has been entrusted with directing the Vatican’s own communications apparatus.

Trump takes another swipe at the Pope following the audience granted by Leo XIV to the mayor of Chicago

The controversy erupted after Johnson visited the Vatican on May 28 and met with the Pope. Photographs released afterward showed the Chicago-born pontiff and the mayor exchanging gifts.

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

JD Vance (Catholic vice president of the USA) and his desire for his wife to convert to Catholicism

“They Took Our Children”: Christian Parents Bring Sweden Before European Court of Human Rights After Almost 3 Years’ Separation from Daughters

Marriage and Family: The Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Pope Leo XIV to the John Paul II Theological Institute

The state of ecclesiastical marriage in a Catholic European country: Italy