Surprising research data among French clergy: the younger they are, the more conservative… and happy they are

Nov 19, 2025 17:05

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Roughly one in five priests says he does not feel supported by his bishop. Photo: Opus Dei

Analysis Opinion•Vocations

Measuring the Call: New Study Exposes Strengths and Gaps in U.S. Seminary Assessments

The research also highlights the human complexity of vocation. Respondents were asked how they determine whether a man has sufficiently worked through personal trauma. The answers reveal a pastoral instinct as much as a scientific one: openness to therapy, transparency with formation teams, evidence of growth in prayer and self-awareness, and the ability to integrate past wounds into a mature spiritual life

Sep 28, 2025 19:27

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Leo XIV•Vocations•Young People

Jesus, the Liturgy, and Vocation: What Pope Leo XIV Told French Altar Boys That Every Altar Boy Should Know

Pope’s Address to a group of French Altar Boys

Aug 27, 2025 17:23

ZENIT Staff

Virgin Mary•Vocations

How Devotion to Mary Shapes Vocations in the Church: an interesting study

The numbers tell a clear story. Nearly nine in ten respondents describe a living devotion to Mary, most often expressed through the rosary, pilgrimages, or the wearing of devotional medals. For many, such practices are not simply private habits but enduring sources of identity and strength in ministry

Aug 26, 2025 12:42

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Testimonies•Vocations

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!

Josh spent two years in seventh and eighth grade working hard to make the first basketball team at Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast High School, and then disaster struck.

Jul 14, 2025 12:15

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Vocations

Ordinations Across a Shifting Continent: A Fragmented Yet Revealing Portrait of Catholic Priesthood in Europe, 2025

According to the Vatican’s own «Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae», the number of priests in Europe declined by 1.6% in 2023 alone. That same year, Europe still held 38.1% of the world’s priests—but that share is steadily shrinking.

Jul 09, 2025 22:20

Covadonga Asturias

Leo XIV in the Eyes of Macron and the Secular French World: A Lesson in French History Rooted in Christianity, with Contemporary Implications

Address by the Holy Father during the meeting with French authorities, representatives of civil society, and the diplomatic corps

Compensation for Abuse in the French Church: Nearly 2,000 survivors have asked to be heard and/or to receive compensation. Leo XIV will speak with 7

At a Paris briefing on September 22, INIRR president Marie Derain de Vaucresson said the authority’s experience had yielded lessons not only for the Church but also for civil society

Surprising research data among French clergy: the younger they are, the more conservative… and happy they are

Nine diocesan priests begin novitiate in the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic

Asia’s Oldest Seminary Turns 360 Years: Where Is It?

Vatican suspends training at major seminary in Congo amid growing division in local Church

One in five Catholics worldwide is African, as is one in three seminarians: the impressive statistics of African Catholicism

What keeps pastors in the pulpit, and why do some leave? The study that sheds light on departures by Catholic priests

Poland 2025: European leader in number of vocations

Measuring the Call: New Study Exposes Strengths and Gaps in U.S. Seminary Assessments

Jesus, the Liturgy, and Vocation: What Pope Leo XIV Told French Altar Boys That Every Altar Boy Should Know

How Devotion to Mary Shapes Vocations in the Church: an interesting study

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!

Ordinations Across a Shifting Continent: A Fragmented Yet Revealing Portrait of Catholic Priesthood in Europe, 2025