Carmelite friar who prays the Rosary online at 4 a.m. becomes Brazil’s most-watched streamer in 2025

Jan 18, 2026 12:31

Father Gilson Pupo Azevedo, known nationwide as Frei Gilson, ended the year as Brazil’s most-watched streamer Photo: NCI

Good News•Local Church•Pro Life•Testimonies

Monaco reaffirms its Catholic identity by halting abortion reform: Prince refuses to enact the law

The bill had passed with a striking majority, reflecting the perception among many legislators that Monaco was gradually aligning with the broader European trend toward expanded reproductive rights

Nov 24, 2025 18:17

Covadonga Asturias

Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

This is what famous rapper Nicki Minaj said at the UN in support of persecuted Christians in Nigeria

Introducing her at the event, U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz framed Minaj not as a celebrity guest but as a witness—someone, he said, whose large following may help illuminate a crisis often overlooked by those far from the affected regions

Nov 20, 2025 18:22

Tim Daniels

Cardinals and Bishops•Gender Ideology•Local Church•Testimonies

“Not in my name”: German bishop turns his back on document full of gender ideology from his country’s episcopate

The controversy reveals a deeper tension running through the German Church’s current path: the attempt to reconcile the universal claims of Catholic doctrine with the fluid language of the modern age

Nov 12, 2025 17:11

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Testimonies

Famous NBA Coach Reveals He Wants to Become a Catholic Deacon

Mazzulla insists that his identity does not depend on trophies. “Sports give you joy and frustration, but they don’t define you. What defines you is whom you serve and how you use your gifts,” he explained.

Nov 10, 2025 17:26

Dante Alba, LC

Local Church•Testimonies

Triumph Over Evil: a revealing look at exorcism with Church approval

Ziberna’s own conversion story serves as a quiet thread running through the film. He recalls that his first exposure to an exorcism came not as a believer but as a technical assistant. Expecting something eerie, he instead encountered what he calls “a great light.”

Nov 08, 2025 21:59

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV calls the liturgy the “driving force of evangelization” and urges priests to respect liturgical texts and norms

The Pope’s General Audience, May 27, 2026, on Tradition and Reform in the Liturgy

Pope Leo XIV receives Spain’s atheist president amid a political crisis in the country he is about to visit

The approximately 45-minute private audience between Sánchez and the Pope unfolded against a turbulent domestic backdrop. On the same day, Spanish political debate was dominated by developments involving investigations linked to the Socialist Party and the legal scrutiny surrounding former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Carmelite friar who prays the Rosary online at 4 a.m. becomes Brazil’s most-watched streamer in 2025

Muslim police officer who died saving Christians on New Year’s Eve

Military Chaplain at 59: The Story of a Future Catholic (Married) Priest in Ukraine

The grandmother who went to jail for praying silently outside an abortion clinic

Who is behind the promotion of Benedict XVI’s canonization and his declaration as a Doctor of the Church?

Nun reveals details of Pope Francis’ will: he left money to buy ambulances for Ukraine

Mother, Social Activist, and Harvard Graduate: The Path to Sainthood: The Case of a Former Abortion Advocate

Monaco reaffirms its Catholic identity by halting abortion reform: Prince refuses to enact the law

This is what famous rapper Nicki Minaj said at the UN in support of persecuted Christians in Nigeria

“Not in my name”: German bishop turns his back on document full of gender ideology from his country’s episcopate

Famous NBA Coach Reveals He Wants to Become a Catholic Deacon

Triumph Over Evil: a revealing look at exorcism with Church approval