Josh Brooks Was a Baptist Youth Who Dreamed of Being the Next LeBron James. But God Wanted Him to Be a Catholic and a Priest!

Jul 14, 2025 12:15

Josh was introduced to the Catholic faith when his parents enrolled him at St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Elementary School Photo: Porta Luz

Testimonies•Young People

A Peruvian designer: in charge of revitalizing the Vatican’s digital heart

Ytō approached the redesign not as a stylistic exercise but as a theological metaphor. His first thought was Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s colonnade in St. Peter’s Square—the sweeping arms of the Church encircling the world. The website, he decided, must feel like a digital embrace: universal, serene, and alive.

Jun 23, 2025 17:47

ZENIT Staff

Pro Life•Testimonies

Woman in jail for 11 years for abortion: Canadian who opposed baby killing freed

What distinguishes Gibbons from most activists is not just her persistence, but the personal cost she has incurred. Over the past three decades, she has been arrested numerous times and spent an estimated 11 years behind bars—not for violent action or disruption, but for quiet, prayerful witness in the vicinity of abortion facilities.

Jun 20, 2025 14:18

Elizabeth Owens

Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

First Catholic priest killed by paramilitary militias in Sudan

Since the beginning of the war, many people have sought refuge on church compounds, and the Church in Sudan has almost no resources. ACN is supporting about 500 families in the Archdiocese of Khartoum with money for food, medical treatment, mosquito nets, tarpaulins and blankets

Jun 18, 2025 19:03

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Testimonies

The best-documented case of an exorcism in the U.S. comes to the movies (with Catholic priest’s advice)

Director David Midell brings the story to the screen, with a cast led by Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, and Patricia Heaton. But what sets «The Ritual» apart from other exorcism films isn’t the star power — it’s the conscience behind the camera.

Jun 10, 2025 09:55

Tim Daniels

Testimonies•Vocations

Praying for priests: Polish nuns, lay people and the “emergency SMS for priests”

For over two decades, the «Bethany Mission of Support for Priests» has been matching laypeople with individual priests, not for mentorship, debate, or oversight—but for lifelong, silent intercession. This isn’t a lobbying group or a reform committee. It’s something far more ancient and, perhaps, more radical: a community that believes the best way to help priests is to pray for them.

Jun 05, 2025 20:40

ZENIT Staff

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Argentina Prepares to Welcome Leo XIV: Papal Vehicles, a Mass of 2,000 Ministers and a Nation Invited to Rise Together

Toyota Argentina formally handed over the Buenos Aires vehicle to Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach on October 28, at the Kansai dealership, which represented the Holy See in the arrangement. The second vehicle is already in Córdoba, where it is being held under the protection of the National Gendarmerie until the Pope’s activities there

Holiness, beautifully explained by Leo XIV on the Solemnity of All Saints

Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, November 1, 2026

Josh Brooks Was a Baptist Youth Who Dreamed of Being the Next LeBron James. But God Wanted Him to Be a Catholic and a Priest!

Irish nun receives Presidential Award in Zambia

Inspiring: More Than 400 Iraqi Children Make Their First Communion

First Woman with Dwarfism on the Path to Canonization Thanks to Leo XIV

World’s Highest IQ Holder Publicly Professes Christian Faith, Citing Quantum Physics and the Mystery of Consciousness

8,583 Women Were Accompanied and Consoled by the Adoratrices, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and Charity

Corporate support for “gay pride” falls. Campaign launched by people who left LGBT+ activism

A Peruvian designer: in charge of revitalizing the Vatican’s digital heart

Woman in jail for 11 years for abortion: Canadian who opposed baby killing freed

First Catholic priest killed by paramilitary militias in Sudan

The best-documented case of an exorcism in the U.S. comes to the movies (with Catholic priest’s advice)

Praying for priests: Polish nuns, lay people and the “emergency SMS for priests”