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

Oct 11, 2025 13:23

ZENIT Staff

ust 63 couples married with a religious rite, compared to 929 who chose a secular ceremony.

Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

The Other Global Shortage: A Hundred Million Christians Still Waiting for a Bible

The «Bible Access List» separates two key challenges: restriction and scarcity. The first refers to environments where the Bible is actively banned or censored; the second, to situations where believers are free in principle but deprived by circumstance

Oct 09, 2025 11:18

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace

When Conversion Therapy Meets the First Amendment: A Landmark Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court

At the center of the controversy stands Kaley Chiles, a licensed therapist from Colorado and a devout Christian. Chiles insists that she does not practice conversion therapy—a term widely condemned by major medical associations—but rather offers what she calls “faith-based conversations” with young people who voluntarily seek to address unwanted attractions or explore their gender identity in line with their personal beliefs

Oct 09, 2025 11:15

Tim Daniels

Analysis Opinion•Pope Leo XIV

On the Exhortation Dilexi te: when Peter reminds us that the poor are at the heart of the Gospel

In his first Apostolic Exhortation, “Dilexi te” Pope Leo XIV sets out the foundations of Christian Revelation and of the tradition of the Church.

Oct 09, 2025 11:11

ZENIT Staff

Ecumenism

First Divisions Appear in the Anglican Church After Appointment of First Woman as Leader

The appointment of Sarah Mullally has sparked great debate and division. Aged 63, married with two children, her election culminates a ten-year process that introduced female ordination into the Anglican Church, first with the priesthood (1992) and then with the episcopate (2014).

Oct 08, 2025 11:47

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

After Announcement of Exhibition of Remains of St. Francis, in Four Days More Than 30 Thousand Have Registered

Friar Giulio Cesareo: It is «demonstration of the people’s love for St. Francis. May it teach us to live more authentic and generous relationships.»

Oct 08, 2025 11:26

ZENIT Staff

Photo Gallery: Leo XIV Now Has An Official Mosaic to Enrich St. Paul’s Basilica, and This Is How He Reacted When It Was Shown to Him

Just over eight months after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican Mosaic Workshop has completed the mosaic portrait for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, at the request of the Archpriest of the Basilica, Cardinal James Michael Harvey.

How Jesus Christ transforms man’s relationship with God, according to Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s general audience, January 14, 2026, on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation

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

Ted Cruz Confronts Nigeria Over Christian Killings, Igniting Diplomatic Tensions

A Prayer Room in the Pope’s Library: Vatican’s Gesture Toward Muslim Scholars Sparks Quiet Storm

Vatican contradicts German bishops: text for blessing same-sex couples was not approved

80,000 People Attend Mass Every Sunday… in the Same Church. Of Which Country Are We Talking About?

Netanyahu at the UN: Palestinian Christians Denounce a Lie

Violence at the Washington Cathedral: The Foiled Attack That Exposed America’s Deepening Tensions

The Other Global Shortage: A Hundred Million Christians Still Waiting for a Bible

When Conversion Therapy Meets the First Amendment: A Landmark Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court

On the Exhortation Dilexi te: when Peter reminds us that the poor are at the heart of the Gospel

First Divisions Appear in the Anglican Church After Appointment of First Woman as Leader

After Announcement of Exhibition of Remains of St. Francis, in Four Days More Than 30 Thousand Have Registered