Pew Research Center: Why Buddhism is in decline in East Asia

Mar 13, 2026 13:16

ZENIT Staff

globally, the only group to decline even in absolute terms are Buddhists. Photo: Noticias de Navarra

Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

Cardinal of Iran arrives at the Vatican and meets with Pope Leo XIV after the bombing of the country and days without news of him

The Vatican has also recalled the Holy See’s diplomatic representative in Iran, the Indian priest Sebastian Febin, who had been serving as chargé d’affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature in the absence of a nuncio

Mar 12, 2026 20:14

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Vatican Diplomacy

Vatican Diplomacy Recognized: EU Honors Cardinal Pietro Parolin with the First European Order of Merit

The recipients were selected by a committee composed of Metsola, European Parliament vice-presidents Sophie Wilmès and Ewa Kopacz, along with several former senior European leaders, including Michel Barnier, José Manuel Barroso, Josep Borrell and Enrico Letta

Mar 12, 2026 20:02

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Analysis Opinion

Leo XIV, Trump, and the moral legitimacy of war in the Middle East: diplomacy as the Vatican’s only “weapon”

Parolin acknowledged that the Vatican lacks coercive tools to enforce its vision, relying instead on “the instruments of the word, of reason and of wisdom.” Still, he insisted that these tools must continue to be used in order to defend the principles of peaceful coexistence between nations.

Mar 12, 2026 19:45

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Good News•Testimonies

The testimony of faith of Christian cricket champion Sanju Samson

In the final of the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, India beat New Zealand. Indian player Sanju Samson attributed his success to God. A key athlete and the player of the match, the Kerala wicket-keeper-batter was seen praying on his knees. Simple gestures can have profound meaning for the country’s Christian minority.

Mar 12, 2026 19:35

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church

Catholic Church in Singapore to Receive Largest Number of New Catholics at Easter 2026: Here Are the Numbers

On the weekend of February 21 and 22, some 978 catechumens and 155 candidates participated in the Rite of Election and Call to Ongoing Conversion in English at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Highland Road and the Church of Christ the King in Ang Mo Kio.

Mar 12, 2026 07:04

ZENIT Staff

Amid the polarization between Trump and Leo XIV, U.S. police respond to a bomb threat at the home of the Pope’s brother

Police in New Lenox, a suburban community outside Chicago, responded on the evening of April 15 at approximately 6:30 p.m. to reports of a bomb threat at the home of John Prevost, one of the Pope’s two older brothers

Leo XIV on TIME magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people

Pope Benedict XVI appeared three times, while Francis was featured on six occasions, reflecting different phases in the Church’s engagement with global issues

Pew Research Center: Why Buddhism is in decline in East Asia

The (unusual) reshuffling of bishops in Pakistan: a (strange) episcopal exchange orchestrated by Leo XIV

China: Xi Jinping Walks Into Your Home—and Tells You to Have Babies

Pornography: one of the causes of the decline in vocations, according to expert

Pope Leo XIV assumes his role as Bishop of Rome for the second time and will ordain new priests for his diocese

Another (important) change by Leo XIV in the Roman Curia: this is the Pope’s new almoner (and prefect of the Dicastery for Charity)

This was the funeral of the Lebanese Catholic priest who died in Israeli army bombings

Cardinal of Iran arrives at the Vatican and meets with Pope Leo XIV after the bombing of the country and days without news of him

Vatican Diplomacy Recognized: EU Honors Cardinal Pietro Parolin with the First European Order of Merit

Leo XIV, Trump, and the moral legitimacy of war in the Middle East: diplomacy as the Vatican’s only “weapon”

The testimony of faith of Christian cricket champion Sanju Samson

Catholic Church in Singapore to Receive Largest Number of New Catholics at Easter 2026: Here Are the Numbers