LGBTQ+ Identification in the U.S. Reaches New High, Driven by Younger Generations

Mar 02, 2025 18:32

Tim Daniels

While LGBTQ+ identification has surged among younger generations Photo: EFE/EPA/Cj Gunther

Vatican City

Vatican and Italy Sign Customs Cooperation Agreement to Enhance Transparency and Efficiency

The agreement lays the groundwork for closer institutional collaboration, particularly in handling customs procedures and the exchange of relevant data.

Feb 27, 2025 18:17

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

Vatican Dicastery discourages publication of lists of deceased clergy “credibly accused” of sexual abuse and these are the reasons why

Stance aligns with previous statements from both the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Dicastery for the Clergy, as well as Pope Francis himself.

Feb 27, 2025 18:14

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Jubilee 2025

Vatican’s Jubilee agreement with FlixBus will offer discounts for pilgrims traveling to Rome

An agreement, signed ahead of the large influx of pilgrims expected to make their way to Rome this year, opens up the option of reaching Rome by bus, thus offering a sustainable travel solution aimed at allowing more people to participate in the Jubilee thanks to special offers.

Feb 27, 2025 18:09

ZENIT Staff

Gender Ideology•Marriage and Family

Survey Reveals Majority of Parents Reject Woke Teachings in Schools

Noteworthy is that 90% of parents request schools to concentrate on basic subjects, such as mathematics, reading, writing, science and social studies and not on woke ideology. Just over half of parents want the influence of the U.S. Department of Education reduced in the education of their children.

Feb 27, 2025 06:12

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Jubilee 2025•Virgin Mary

The Original Statue of the Virgin of Fatima Will Be in Rome on October 11-12, 2025

This is the fourth time that the statue leaves the Fatima Shrine to go to Rome. The first was in 1984, on the occasion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of the Redemption when, on March 25, Saint John Paul II consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The second time was in the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, and the third on the occasion of the Year of Faith with Pope Francis.

Feb 27, 2025 06:10

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV Reflects on Vatican Council II and Its Documents Thus Initiating a New Series of Catecheses

The Pope’s General Audience on January 7, 2026 was an introduction to a new series of catecheses on Vatican Council II and its Documents

Liturgy and the Roman Curia are left out as topics for Leo XIV’s first consistory: this was discussed

Time constraints required the assembly to select only two subjects from a list of four. Alongside the two chosen themes were liturgy and the apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium, which reformed the Roman Curia and its service to local Churches

LGBTQ+ Identification in the U.S. Reaches New High, Driven by Younger Generations

Why Did God Not Save My Son? Pope Francis Responds to a Letter from a Mother Who Lost Her Son

The Cause of Canonization Advances of Alcide De Gasperi, One of the Founding Fathers of the European Union

Pope’s health as of Saturday, March 1: clinical condition stable, prognosis guarded

On the Duty to Respect the Good Reputation of the Deceased in the Matter of Abuse: Response from the Dicastery for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts

Pope’s health as of Friday, February 28: sudden worsening of health is under control

Pope’s health as of Thursday, February 27: Pope is improving. Fourth day of positive trend

Vatican and Italy Sign Customs Cooperation Agreement to Enhance Transparency and Efficiency

Vatican Dicastery discourages publication of lists of deceased clergy “credibly accused” of sexual abuse and these are the reasons why

Vatican’s Jubilee agreement with FlixBus will offer discounts for pilgrims traveling to Rome

Survey Reveals Majority of Parents Reject Woke Teachings in Schools

The Original Statue of the Virgin of Fatima Will Be in Rome on October 11-12, 2025