These are the dioceses with the most and fewest baptisms in the U.S.

Jul 13, 2025 19:11

the Official Catholic Directory has unveiled an intricate and revealing map of sacramental life across the 175 Latin-rite dioceses in the United States. Photo: choja / Getty Images

Good News•Testimonies

Irish nun receives Presidential Award in Zambia

She is the second Irish nun to receive this award from the President of Zambia in recent years Last year, the award was conferred on Sr Mary Courtney of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa and a native of Ballyjamesduff in Co. Cavan.

Jul 11, 2025 17:56

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Documents

An Open Letter to the Bishops of Latin America

“If I have dared, dear bishops, to address you so directly, it is because for a long time I have watched with deep concern the repeated signs that our beloved Church is in serious danger—the danger of drifting away from her spiritual core, to her own detriment and to the detriment of the world”

Jul 11, 2025 17:54

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Justice and Peace•Local Church

California bishop waives Mass precept for immigrant Catholics in the face of Trump raids

It is the first known instance of a U.S. Catholic diocese granting such an exemption explicitly tied to immigration enforcement.

Jul 10, 2025 22:00

Tim Daniels

Local Church

PHOTO GALLERY: For the first time a Papal Nuncio presides at Mass in Canterbury’s Anglican cathedral

Although many Catholic Masses have been held at the famous Anglican cathedral, this was a historic ‘first’ in that it was the first time a papal nuncio had celebrated Mass there. It is particularly significant as a papal legate was said to have been present when the saint’s body was moved.

Jul 10, 2025 21:58

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Young People

Chilean census reveals sharp decline in Catholicism: what is the current percentage of Catholics?

The latest figures, released by the National Institute of Statistics, show a simultaneous surge in those claiming no religious affiliation—now more than one in four Chilean adults

Jul 10, 2025 21:50

Enrique Villegas

Pope Leo XIV “responds” to Trump’s threat regarding Iran’s extinction: here is what he said

The Pope’s remarks echoed and reinforced his Easter message delivered during the Urbi et Orbi on April 5, where he had already called on those with the power to wage war to lay down their arms and choose dialogue

Two interpretations of the empty tomb, only one to choose: Pope Leo XIV’s reflection

Address on the occasion of the Regina Coeli prayer on Monday, April 6, 2026

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		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

These are the dioceses with the most and fewest baptisms in the U.S.

How to inherit eternal life? Pope Leo XIV responds in a brief and timely manner

The parable of the Good Samaritan explained beautifully and concretely by Pope Leo XIV

A Truly Inclusive Jubilee: Vatican Presents Inclusive Itinerary for the Holy Door

Letters to the Pope: A Hundred Kilograms of Hope and Humanity Delivered Daily to the Vatican

Against the Dalai Lama, the CCP Deploys the False Panchen Lama

Fires set by Jewish settlers threaten the town of Taybeh, the only completely Christian town in the world

Irish nun receives Presidential Award in Zambia

An Open Letter to the Bishops of Latin America

California bishop waives Mass precept for immigrant Catholics in the face of Trump raids

PHOTO GALLERY: For the first time a Papal Nuncio presides at Mass in Canterbury’s Anglican cathedral

Chilean census reveals sharp decline in Catholicism: what is the current percentage of Catholics?