How Many Pilgrims Visited the Shrine of Fatima in 2025? Shrine Reveals Surprising Data

Feb 15, 2026 16:16

Rafael Llanes

The Shrine's mission is to welcome pilgrims and transmit the Virgin's message to them as a means of evangelization.

Persecuted Christians

Mass Abductions, Empty Villages and a New U.S. Military Footprint in Nigeria

Nigeria’s security emergency is often described in abstract terms: insurgency, extremism, instability. In Kadarko, it is experienced as a village 98 percent deserted and a list of names that grows longer with each passing week

Feb 13, 2026 16:43

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Persecuted Christians

The persecution continues: more than 50 people kidnapped in Christian districts of Nigeria

The attacks have not spared religious leaders. In Kajuru Local Government Area, gunmen stormed the residence of Father Nathaniel Asuwaye, parish priest of Holy Trinity Church in Karku, during the night between Friday and Saturday, February 6. According to the Archdiocese of Kafanchan, which confirmed the incident, the raid left three people dead and ended with the priest taken captive alongside 10 others

Feb 12, 2026 17:54

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pro Life

The most important Catholic university in the United States openly challenges Pope Leo XIV and the Church

At the center of the storm is the appointment of political scientist Susan Ostermann—an outspoken advocate of abortion rights—as director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, a key unit within the Keough School of Global Affairs

Feb 12, 2026 17:37

Tim Daniels

Analysis Opinion•Local Church

Trumps and Americans of faith: New Data Reveal a Subtle but Significant Cooling Among Religious Voters in Trump’s Second Term

The religious landscape after one year of Trump’s renewed presidency is neither static nor revolutionary. It reflects continuity under strain: enduring alignments tempered by incremental shifts in confidence, particularly on questions of ethics

Feb 12, 2026 17:29

Tim Daniels

Holy Land•Justice and Peace•Religious Freedom

Jewish state of Israel lifts ban on Church charity arm: Caritas will be able to continue working in Gaza

The regulatory shift that triggered the uncertainty was not merely technical. Responsibility for the registration of international organizations had moved from the Ministry of Social Affairs to the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism

Feb 12, 2026 17:14

Redacción Zenit

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Pope Leo XIV will not participate in the anniversary of St. John Paul II’s historic World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi

The Vatican’s decision does not suggest a setback in his recovery: reflects the prudence required after major surgery, even when clinical results are encouraging. The Pope had been expected to attend the gathering entitled “Disarmed and Disarming Peace,” which will bring together Christian leaders, representatives of other religious traditions and invited guests in the Umbrian town.

Pope Leo XIV to Jews at the Vatican: The Church does not tolerate anti-Semitism and combats it, in accordance with the Gospel itself

The Pope’s Remarks to a Delegation from the American Jewish Committee

How Many Pilgrims Visited the Shrine of Fatima in 2025? Shrine Reveals Surprising Data

This is how the inauguration of the new Catholic Archbishop of Westminster went

The number of students studying theology in Germany plummets: only Cardinal Woelki’s Cologne diocese sees growth

The Lefebvrians’ meeting with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican, as told by themselves

Cuban bishops cancel special visit to the Pope: there is no gasoline in the country, not even for airplanes

The deputy director of the Vatican Press Office resigns. Pope Leo XIV appoints a Croatian nun as her replacement

Milei formally invites the Pope to visit Argentina: he sends his foreign minister to the Vatican to deliver a letter by hand to Leo XIV

Mass Abductions, Empty Villages and a New U.S. Military Footprint in Nigeria

The persecution continues: more than 50 people kidnapped in Christian districts of Nigeria

The most important Catholic university in the United States openly challenges Pope Leo XIV and the Church

Trumps and Americans of faith: New Data Reveal a Subtle but Significant Cooling Among Religious Voters in Trump’s Second Term

Jewish state of Israel lifts ban on Church charity arm: Caritas will be able to continue working in Gaza