Pilgrimage Boom: Camino de Santiago Hits Record-Breaking Numbers in 2024

Jan 09, 2025 18:19

ZENIT Staff

pilgrims from every corner of the world seeking spiritual renewal Photo: Camino de Santiago

On December 29, Suleman was brutally attacked and shot

Brian Burch, the leader of the conservative Catholic advocacy group CatholicVote

of the 194 countries, the Holy See does not have diplomatic relations with ten

Local Church

U.S. Catholics Express Unity with Latin American Catholics with Annual Collection

Last year the collection provided $6.2 million for more than 250 ministries in places where the Church cannot support itself without outside assistance. More than half the money supported pastoral needs, nearly 28% provided disaster relief and about 20% subsidized vocations and the formation of clergy and religious.

Jan 08, 2025 17:46

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

5 million dollars paid for the oldest tablet of the 10 commandments

The marble slab, weighing approximately 52 kilograms, is believed by Sotheby’s to date back to the late Roman-Byzantine era. According to the auction house, the tablet was discovered in 1913 during railway construction in modern-day Israel

Jan 07, 2025 18:02

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

USA: Court stays trial of former Cardinal McCarrick due to cognitive impairment

Circuit Court Judge David Reddy of Walworth County determined that McCarrick’s case, linked to a 1977 incident near Lake Geneva, would remain in legal limbo. “The court will not schedule further reviews, and the case will remain suspended until the defendant’s death,” Reddy stated.

Jan 07, 2025 18:01

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Pope Francis•Woman

Pope appoints woman as first prefect of an important dicastery of the Roman Curia: Cardinal remains as subordinate

Pope Francis’s papacy has been a catalyst for change in the Vatican’s approach to gender inclusivity. Since 2013, the representation of women in the Vatican workforce has increased from 19.2% to 23.4%, reflecting a deliberate shift toward broader participation

Jan 07, 2025 17:56

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Satanic Temple Is Authorized to Give Religion Classes to Primary School Children

The coexistence of different religious views in public schools creates a grave conflict, when the growing religious pluralism proposes in the same educational center a creed that follows the path of the pre-eminence of the good and another based on evil.

Jan 05, 2025 07:53

Rafael Manuel Tovar

A Priest’s 3 Secrets: Leo XIV’s Beautiful Homily (and Task) at His Second Mass for Priestly Ordinations as Pope

The Pope’s Homily on the Occasion of the Priestly Ordinations during the World Day of Prayer for Vocations

The Death Penalty in the U.S.: On the Same Day, Pope Leo XIV and the Trump Administration Weigh In (With Opposing Views)

In 2025, 11 of those states carried out executions. In 2024, 9 states carried out the death penalty, and in 2023, 5

Pilgrimage Boom: Camino de Santiago Hits Record-Breaking Numbers in 2024

Murder of young Suleman Masih shocks Christian community in Pakistan

Lebanon elects Catholic General Joseph Aoun as president amid political turmoil

Trump names CatholicVote leader as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican

Recognition of the State of Palestine Is Insufficient

Vatican Reveals Number of Countries with Which It Has Diplomatic Relations

Pope’s “Gift” to Trump? Holy Father Appoints a New Archbishop for Washington, DC

U.S. Catholics Express Unity with Latin American Catholics with Annual Collection

5 million dollars paid for the oldest tablet of the 10 commandments

USA: Court stays trial of former Cardinal McCarrick due to cognitive impairment

Pope appoints woman as first prefect of an important dicastery of the Roman Curia: Cardinal remains as subordinate

Satanic Temple Is Authorized to Give Religion Classes to Primary School Children