Mexico’s Churches Become Places of Hope as the Search for the Missing Reaches 135,000

Aug 31, 2026 21:32

Behind those numbers are families living with a peculiar form of grief: the absence has no definitive ending. Photo: Arquidiocesis Primada de Mexico

Marriage and Family

Meta’s $16.7 Billion Reckoning: Why the Fight Over Social Media Addiction Is Really a Battle for Children

Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has agreed to pay $16.7 billion in a settlement with state attorneys general pursuing claims that its platforms contributed to addictive patterns among minors

Aug 29, 2026 20:10

ZENIT Staff

Persecuted Christians

Arrest Made in Arson of Historic Canadian Church

Firefighters received a call at 3:30 a.m. regarding a fire alarm activation in the community of Saint-Simon. «Sometimes we get false alarms, but I had a bad feeling,» Caraquet Fire Chief Luc Dugas told Radio-Canada. «I told myself we’d never had issues with this alarm before.»

Aug 29, 2026 08:49

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Homosexuality•Local Church

2 out of 10 U.S. bishops are willing to ordain gay priests, according to a study

Twenty-two percent of surveyed U.S. bishops said they would be willing to ordain such a man; 10% said they were completely in agreement with doing so

Aug 29, 2026 08:30

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Gender Ideology

Puberty blockers do not improve the mental health of children and young adults with gender dysphoria, according to a study

If the principal justification for early medical intervention is that it substantially improves mental health, the available findings in this study do not provide a dramatic confirmation of that proposition

Aug 29, 2026 08:23

ZENIT Staff

Local Church

Peruvian Bishops Warn of Scams Using Pope Leo XIV’s Name and Image Weeks Before His Visit

The Peruvian Episcopal Conference warns that it does not request payments or charge any fees for access to blessings, meetings with the Holy Father, photographs, gatherings, or similar activities.

Aug 28, 2026 06:32

ZENIT Staff

Leo XIV Returns to Peru: Government to Invest $18 Million

The government authorized the transfer of the funds to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to organize the Pope’s visit from November 11 to 16, according to a supreme decree published in the country’s official gazette on September 5.

The Pope’s visit to France has also sparked a surge in donations and sales of books by Leo XIV

The pattern of giving has been particularly striking. The average donation has been around €200—approximately twice the average single donation in France in 2024—and some contributions have exceeded €10,000.

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Peruvian Bishops Warn of Scams Using Pope Leo XIV’s Name and Image Weeks Before His Visit