How many minutes should a homily last? Survey of Catholics gives the answer

May 07, 2025 17:13

ZENIT Staff

Francis once warned priests, “If you go on for more than ten minutes, people will fall asleep.” Photo: Archisevilla

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Women’s «Conclave» «Parallel» to that of Cardinals Also Takes Place in Rome

The 900 participating Superiors General are of 75 nationalities: the Continent with the greatest representation is Europe, where many Generalate Houses are located.

May 06, 2025 06:04

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

Germany: For The First Time There Are More Agnostics Than Christians. Here Are the Numbers

In regard to religious practice, 6.6% of Roman Catholics attended religious services at least once a month last year. 2.3% of Protestants of regional Churches attended them and around 25% of Muslims went to mosques.

May 06, 2025 05:58

Rafael Llanes

Cardinals and Bishops

11th General Congregation of Cardinals: migration, wars, sects and support for the new Pope were the topics discussed

There were approximately twenty contributions, focused on themes of major pastoral and ecclesial relevance. Time was devoted to the question of ethnicism within the Church and in society.

May 05, 2025 16:49

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops

10th General Congregation of Cardinals: profile of the new Pope, canon law and challenges the topics discussed

During the session there were 26 contributions, relating to topics central to the life and the mission of the Church today.

May 05, 2025 08:12

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Pope Francis

The Pontificate of Francis: An Analysis by Bishop Robert Barron

What I find perhaps most intriguing about Pope Francis is what he didn’t do

May 04, 2025 08:12

ZENIT Staff

The art of refraining from taking advantage of fame, popularity, and success, according to Pope Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, January 18, 2026

Pope Leo XIV approves a jubilee year to mark 800 years since the death of St. Francis: here’s what you need to know

As part of the centenary observances, the Holy See has also announced an exceptional opportunity for veneration: from 22 February to 22 March 2026, the body of Saint Francis will be brought out of its crypt

How many minutes should a homily last? Survey of Catholics gives the answer

Pope Francis’s Popemobile to Become Mobile Clinic for Gaza’s Children

College of Cardinals Sends Message to the World Before The Conclave

Why Did the First Smoke of the Conclave Take So Long? The Answers

Cardinal Dean to Cardinals at Mass to begin Conclave: abandon personal considerations

Full text of what Cardinal Joseph Zen said to all Cardinals at the pre-conclave

12th and last General Congregation of Cardinals: Francis’ reforms and the new Pope’s vocation to communion

Women’s «Conclave» «Parallel» to that of Cardinals Also Takes Place in Rome

Germany: For The First Time There Are More Agnostics Than Christians. Here Are the Numbers

11th General Congregation of Cardinals: migration, wars, sects and support for the new Pope were the topics discussed

10th General Congregation of Cardinals: profile of the new Pope, canon law and challenges the topics discussed

The Pontificate of Francis: An Analysis by Bishop Robert Barron