How many Catholics, priests and seminarians are there in the world? The Catholic Church in its most recent statistics

Oct 17, 2024 18:10

ZENIT Staff

Fides News Agency offers some statistics chosen to give a panorama of the Church in the world.

over 1,850 medical prescriptions related to gender transition were issued in Catholic hospitals

Pope Francis presided over the general audience in St. Peter’s Square

the bishops will have opportunities for prayer and fraternal dialogue with one another.

National Congress of the Italian Society of Surgery

Analysis Opinion•Liturgy and Divine Worship•Local Church

Communion in the Hand or in the Mouth? Results Are Published of the Largest Survey in the U.S. on the Eucharist

With almost 16,000 answers, this is the largest survey ever among the country’s faithful Catholics, highlighting a longing for a liturgical renewal and a return to traditional practices that, according to many, have been eroding over time.

Oct 16, 2024 07:03

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land

Israel bombs Christian village in Lebanon: 23 more dead to its murder record

The bombing, part of Israel’s ongoing military operations, has once again brought devastation to a country already grappling with a multitude of crises.

Oct 15, 2024 18:53

ZENIT Staff

Religious Freedom

China: for the communist government the fourth commandment means “honoring the Communist Party”

Gansu priests were trained this month to preach that “always being of one mind and one heart with the Party” is the proper way to recognize the CCP as the father of the people.

Oct 15, 2024 18:50

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Pro Life

A surprising UN report now denounces discriminatory abortion practices in people with disabilities

These statements are astonishing precisely because the UN has been promoting for many years the extension of birth control policies that prioritize access to free abortion.

Oct 15, 2024 18:46

Julio Tudela

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Excluding the Penitential Act at Mass?

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology and director of the Sacerdos Institute at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Oct 15, 2024 18:42

ZENIT Staff

De Foucauld´s "Spiritual Intuitions" Touted by Pope
Urges Sahara Missionary´s Followers to Promote Charity
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New Accusations of Abuse Against Cardinal George Pell, Who Has Alrea...
Cardinal Pell is now being accused by the father of a deceased boy...

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

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How many Catholics, priests and seminarians are there in the world? The Catholic Church in its most recent statistics

EWTN Research Shows that 150 “Catholic” Hospitals Inject Hormones in Children for “Gender Transition”

Support Grows to Prohibit Gender Transitions in Minors: A New Political Front in the USA?

How does the Holy Spirit act in the Church and in the Christian life? Pope Francis answers

Burkina Faso: Terrorists carry out brutal massacre over three days

U.S. Bishops to Meet Nov. 11-14 in Baltimore; Assembly to Be Live Streamed

What Must a Surgeon Do in Regard to a Patient Whom He Must Operate? Pope Francis Responds

Communion in the Hand or in the Mouth? Results Are Published of the Largest Survey in the U.S. on the Eucharist

Israel bombs Christian village in Lebanon: 23 more dead to its murder record

China: for the communist government the fourth commandment means “honoring the Communist Party”

A surprising UN report now denounces discriminatory abortion practices in people with disabilities

Questions about liturgy: Excluding the Penitential Act at Mass?