Federal Court Halts Washington Law That Threatened Seal of Confession

Jul 22, 2025 22:35

Tim Daniels

sought to compel clergy to report child abuse and neglect, even when such information was disclosed during confession

Analysis Opinion

China: out of top ten countries with most Christians, first place in people not affiliated with a religion

China, the world’s most populous nation, now also holds the title of the most religiously unaffiliated. According to Pew’s updated methodology, 90% of China’s population — some 1.3 billion people — reported no formal religious affiliation in 2020

Jul 19, 2025 22:22

Lim Kym

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Iraq: “Let us save the historic Christian cemeteries of Najaf”

Cardinal Sako appeals to Prime Minister al-Sudani. Sites at risk due to construction projects. Request to “fence off and monitor” sites facing “imminent threat”. Their value “goes beyond the Christian community” and concerns “the entire” population, including Muslims.

Jul 19, 2025 22:12

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Local Church

Fifth Deep fake to a bishop: they clone his voice and ask for money in his name

Artificial Imitation of a Bishop’s Voice Triggers Security Alert in the Archdiocese of Seville

Jul 19, 2025 22:09

ZENIT Staff

Church and World•Local Church

Kenya’s President Sparks Debate with Plans for Grand Church at State House

The announcement has provoked mixed reactions, even among religious leaders. While some supporters hail it as a noble offering to God, others warn that it risks unsettling the country’s religious equilibrium

Jul 19, 2025 22:07

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Ireland: Excavations Continue in Tuam, Searching for Church Culprits

In Ireland, excavations are resuming in Tuam, searching for the bones of 796 children who were housed at the local Mother and Baby Home between 1925 and 1961. The media blames the nuns, as if they were the ones who murdered them. The reality is very different.

Jul 19, 2025 08:11

ZENIT Staff

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Federal Court Halts Washington Law That Threatened Seal of Confession

After call from Israeli prime minister, Pope speaks by phone with Palestinian president

Five Reasons Porn is Bad For Your Marriage

OpenAI about-face: Tech giant reverses stance on Christian nonprofit after lawsuit

Christian bookstore sues Colorado for trying to silence its views on biological reality

Parents ask Supreme Court to protect daughter from secret social transition at public school

Vatican Gives New Guidelines for Implementing Synodality: Now Under Pope Leo XIV

China: out of top ten countries with most Christians, first place in people not affiliated with a religion

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Iraq: “Let us save the historic Christian cemeteries of Najaf”

Fifth Deep fake to a bishop: they clone his voice and ask for money in his name

Kenya’s President Sparks Debate with Plans for Grand Church at State House

Ireland: Excavations Continue in Tuam, Searching for Church Culprits