Muslims on the rise, Christians on the decline: UK releases census data

Jul 13, 2025 19:14

Elizabeth Owens

"Christians and Muslims: Extinguishing the Fire of War and Lighting the Candle of Peace." Photo: AICA

Cardinals and Bishops•Justice and Peace•Local Church

California bishop waives Mass precept for immigrant Catholics in the face of Trump raids

It is the first known instance of a U.S. Catholic diocese granting such an exemption explicitly tied to immigration enforcement.

Jul 10, 2025 22:00

Tim Daniels

Local Church

PHOTO GALLERY: For the first time a Papal Nuncio presides at Mass in Canterbury’s Anglican cathedral

Although many Catholic Masses have been held at the famous Anglican cathedral, this was a historic ‘first’ in that it was the first time a papal nuncio had celebrated Mass there. It is particularly significant as a papal legate was said to have been present when the saint’s body was moved.

Jul 10, 2025 21:58

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Young People

Chilean census reveals sharp decline in Catholicism: what is the current percentage of Catholics?

The latest figures, released by the National Institute of Statistics, show a simultaneous surge in those claiming no religious affiliation—now more than one in four Chilean adults

Jul 10, 2025 21:50

Enrique Villegas

Local Church

New Freedoms, Old Cautions: U.S. Churches Now Free to Endorse Political Candidates—But Catholic Church Won’t

The ruling, emerging from a legal battle initiated in 2024 by Texas-based churches and the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), effectively softens the enforcement of the so-called Johnson Amendment of 1954. That provision had barred 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, including religious groups, from supporting or opposing candidates for public office

Jul 10, 2025 21:29

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Marriage and Family•Pope Leo XIV

‘Blessed are those who have not lost hope’: Pope Leo XIV’s Message for the Fifth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life has released the official prayer and suggestions for celebrations, with particular attention to elderly people unable to participate in the jubilee pilgrimages.

Jul 10, 2025 21:26

ZENIT Staff

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

Muslims on the rise, Christians on the decline: UK releases census data

Rome Prepares for a Youthquake: A Million Young Pilgrims Expected for 2025 Jubilee

These are the dioceses with the most and fewest baptisms in the U.S.

Against the Dalai Lama, the CCP Deploys the False Panchen Lama

Fires set by Jewish settlers threaten the town of Taybeh, the only completely Christian town in the world

Irish nun receives Presidential Award in Zambia

An Open Letter to the Bishops of Latin America

California bishop waives Mass precept for immigrant Catholics in the face of Trump raids

PHOTO GALLERY: For the first time a Papal Nuncio presides at Mass in Canterbury’s Anglican cathedral

Chilean census reveals sharp decline in Catholicism: what is the current percentage of Catholics?

New Freedoms, Old Cautions: U.S. Churches Now Free to Endorse Political Candidates—But Catholic Church Won’t

‘Blessed are those who have not lost hope’: Pope Leo XIV’s Message for the Fifth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly