What does it mean to be pilgrims? The Pope’s message for the World Day of Vocations

Mar 21, 2024 00:05

ZENIT Staff

General Audience February 28 Photo: Vatican Media

Dicasteries•Pope Francis•Young People

5 years after Pope’s letter to young people, Vatican’s online campaign arrives

From February 25 to April 25, a 12-week social campaign to rediscover the importance of the Pope’s letter to young people and keep the World Youth Day experience alive.

Feb 24, 2024 00:45

ZENIT Staff

Vatican City•Young People

From Tourist to Pilgrim: Vatican launches mini-website to recount the experience of pilgrimage to 4 papal basilicas

As part of the «Faith Communication in the Digital World» project, sixteen young professionals from ten countries, accompanied by experts, had the opportunity to explore the four papal basilicas of Rome not only as architectural monuments, but also as living testimonies of faith.

Feb 23, 2024 23:43

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Marriage and Family•Young People

The Quality of Parent-Child Relationships in the USA

Survey highlights that married parents report a greater quality of relationships with their children than those that have never been married, as do biological parents compared with other relatives. Parents with a conservative attitude report more harmonious and better quality of relationships with their children than do liberal or tolerant parents.

Feb 21, 2024 00:06

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Young People

Study Shows Americans Are More Spiritual But Less Religious

The survey showed all older groups with a greater advance in spiritual values. However, those older than 65 grew in their spiritual life — 45% –, and only 8% said it had diminished. In regard to those younger than 30, a third have become more spiritual and a fifth less so.

Feb 20, 2024 13:01

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Marriage and Family•Young People

How To Ensure That a Child Remains Catholic When He Grows Up?

Also highlighted was the importance of going to Mass weekly carrying out works of service and making donations. When children went to their parents with doubts about the faith, the parents talked to them and explained things to them instead of imposing their authority.

Feb 16, 2024 22:36

Tim Daniels

Leo XIV Speaks Out in Support of Palestinians Attacked by Jewish Settlers in Tierra Sana: Here’s What’s Happening

The episode has become more than another isolated clash in the West Bank. It has exposed, in a matter of days, the convergence of three increasingly serious problems: settler violence, the difficulty of protecting Palestinian civilians under occupation, and the weakening of the institutions that provide basic services to them.

The Assumption of the Virgin (and What It Has to Do with Us), Explained by Pope Leo XIV

Homily by Pope Leo XIV on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

What does it mean to be pilgrims? The Pope’s message for the World Day of Vocations

USA: Young People’s Support for Gay Unions Drops

The Future of Marriage in the United States: Studies Reveal that One Out of Three Young People Will Never Marry

Mob Surrounds and Attacks Pro-Life Students of Manchester University: Threatened to Violate the Pro-Life Women

USA: VT snowboard coach favorably settles after being fired for stating biological fact

USA: Youth ministry sues OR officials for stripping funding because of its faith

Religiosity and faith among young people: study shows slight growth

5 years after Pope’s letter to young people, Vatican’s online campaign arrives

From Tourist to Pilgrim: Vatican launches mini-website to recount the experience of pilgrimage to 4 papal basilicas

The Quality of Parent-Child Relationships in the USA

Study Shows Americans Are More Spiritual But Less Religious

How To Ensure That a Child Remains Catholic When He Grows Up?