Advent of the Florence Leadership Academy in Italy

Mar 07, 2023 14:09

ZENIT Staff

Florence, Italy

Analysis Opinion•Church and World

In which countries do Catholics go to Mass the most and in which the least in 2023? Study reveals data

Among these, weekly or more frequent Mass attendance is highest among adult self-identified Catholics in Nigeria (94%), Kenya (73%), and Lebanon (69%).

Feb 28, 2023 03:47

ZENIT Staff

Church and World

International Astronomical Union names asteroids after a pope and other Catholic religious figures

The four asteroids, or “minor planets”, all have connections to the Society of Jesus — the “Jesuits”. Over thirty asteroids now bear the names of Jesuits. Some are Jesuits from the centuries ago, such as Clavius, or Fr. Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598–1671), who developed the system of lunar nomenclature that is still used today.

Feb 28, 2023 03:28

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Testimonies of Faith

New Reliquary Enables Public to See Saint Thomas Aquinas’ Cranium

The temporary transfer of the relics of one of the most important Saints and intellectuals of the Catholic Church is taking place in the context of a triple Jubilee: the 700 years of his Canonization, the 750th anniversary of his death (in 2024) and the 800th anniversary of his birth (in 2025).

Feb 27, 2023 03:18

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

France: Civil Justice Files Investigation against Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard Due to Expiration

Civil justice stated, through French Attorney Dominique Laurens, that the procedure was filed due to expiration; the ecclesiastical process, however, continues.

Feb 27, 2023 02:57

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Dicasteries•Rome

The Current State of Ecclesiastical Universities in Rome: Numbers, History and Formative Offer

Almost 16,000 students, the majority of them men religious, nuns, seminarians and priests, study in one of the 22 Pontifical Institutions that are in the City of Rome and depend on the Vatican.

Feb 26, 2023 18:45

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Leo XIV perfects the mission of the Pontifical Academy for Life

The 2026 update is narrower in scope. Its most visible innovation is the formal introduction of “collaborators” — a new category distinct from the academy’s academic members.

Pope Leo XIV, the US-Iran war, and a forceful call in a Middle East on the brink of the abyss

The reverberations are being felt most acutely by Christian minorities already living on fragile ground

Advent of the Florence Leadership Academy in Italy

The Numeric State of the Catholic Church Up to 2023

The Catholic App that Eclipsed Netflix, Instagram and Tik Tok in Google’s Applications Store

Bishops appeal for peace as Nigeria stands on “edge of a dangerous precipice”

Schism in the Anglican Communion: 75% Break with England Over Gay Blessings and Putting in Doubt God’s Gender

Census in the Philippines Reveals That Catholics Number Over 85 Million

Germany: Only 15% of German Catholics Believe in the Devil

In which countries do Catholics go to Mass the most and in which the least in 2023? Study reveals data

International Astronomical Union names asteroids after a pope and other Catholic religious figures

New Reliquary Enables Public to See Saint Thomas Aquinas’ Cranium

France: Civil Justice Files Investigation against Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard Due to Expiration

The Current State of Ecclesiastical Universities in Rome: Numbers, History and Formative Offer