Faith on screen: Why is religion winning back American audiences, according to a study?

Feb 04, 2026 17:40

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Fully 92 percent of respondents said they were receptive to religious representation in entertainment. Photo: iStock

Good News•Local Church•Testimonies•Young People

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

Yet Frei Gilson’s success also challenges some assumptions about digital religion. In an era dominated by algorithms favoring brevity, his most popular content remains lengthy, repetitive and explicitly devotional

Jan 18, 2026 12:31

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Young People

The Philosophy and Theology Behind Stranger Things

The Netflix series, «Stranger Things,» gives us a layered account of evil that resists reducing all harm to a single explanatory framework.

Jan 17, 2026 12:17

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Young People

For the first time, Generation Z Catholics outnumber Protestants in the United States

What is clear is that Generation Z is rewriting assumptions long taken for granted in religious sociology

Jan 12, 2026 17:41

Tim Daniels

Gender Ideology•Young People

A Shrinking Stage: Why Transgender Characters Rise in Number as Their Shows Disappear

Streaming platforms, particularly Netflix, insist that inclusive storytelling mirrors the realities of contemporary society

Jan 06, 2026 09:57

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Islam•Local Church•Young People

1 in 7 Muslims open to becoming Christian; 1 in 4 Catholics will leave the Church

What Germany’s Religious Numbers Really Reveal

Jan 06, 2026 09:46

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Reflections of Pope Leo XIV on the art of Christian education

Address of the Pope to participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life

Pope Leo XIV Opens the Vatican Doors to the Only Orthodox Apostolate Accompanying Homosexual People to Live in Chastity

Members of Courage are men and women who experience same-sex attraction and who, inspired by the Gospel’s call to holiness and the Church’s beautiful teachings on the good and end of human sexuality, have freely chosen to live in chastity.

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Faith on screen: Why is religion winning back American audiences, according to a study?

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

The Philosophy and Theology Behind Stranger Things

For the first time, Generation Z Catholics outnumber Protestants in the United States

A Shrinking Stage: Why Transgender Characters Rise in Number as Their Shows Disappear

1 in 7 Muslims open to becoming Christian; 1 in 4 Catholics will leave the Church