Mid-City Christian: One in four Americans supports abortion in all circumstances

Europeans Create New Censorship Body

Stefano Gennarini

Those familiar with U.S. censorship and social control programs under the Obama and Biden administration will immediately recognize this rhetoric from the European Union

USA: New Data Reveal a Nation Less Religiously Anchored, but Not Uniformly Secular

Tim Daniels

Religious identity in the United States continues to be dominated by Christianity, though its internal composition reflects broader changes. In 2025, 44% of Americans identified as Protestant or non-denominational Christians, while 20% identified as Catholic. Another 9% belong to other religious traditions

Lost for Eight Decades, Found by Chance: Argentina Cathedral Recovers Relic of the True Cross Ahead of Lent

Enrique Villegas

The reliquary, identified as a Lignum Crucis—Latin for “wood of the Cross”—was traced back to the Cathedral of San Juan, where it had been housed since 1908. According to documentation recovered during the investigation, the relic arrived through the efforts of Bishop Sansierra and was accompanied by official certification issued in Rome

The last historic Christian village in the Holy Land, threatened with annexation by the Jewish state of Israel

ZENIT Staff

The risk is not only that Christians will leave, but that one day they will be remembered as having once been there

After Reason, What Remains? The Death of Jürgen Habermas and His Unfinished Dialogue with Faith

Joachin Meisner Hertz

What endures most is perhaps not a system, but a question—one that Habermas himself left unresolved. Can modern societies, built on pluralism and procedural reason, sustain the moral depth required for their own survival? Or do they depend, in ways they cannot fully acknowledge, on traditions—religious among them—that precede and exceed rational justification?

The difference between reporting and propaganda, the journalist’s role, and the challenge of AI in a speech by Pope Leo XIV

ZENIT Staff

The Pope’s Address to the editorial staff of RAI-Radio Televisione Italiana’s TG2, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding, along with their families

“The prevention of abuse is not an optional task”: Pope Leo XIV’s views on the protection of minors in the Church

ZENIT Staff

The Pope’s Address to the Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

The Middle East on the Brink of Collapse: Another Call for Peace from the Pope, the Death of a Member of the Order of Malta in Lebanon, and Bombings at Shepherds’ Fields in Bethlehem

Jorge Enrique Mújica

The death of a young humanitarian worker linked to the Sovereign Order of Malta, as well as the killing of a Maronite priest, has further shaken the local Church. The latter case has sparked international condemnation from a network of over 2,200 priests across 59 countries,

UK: Former Catholic seminary awarded £400,000 to unlock its historic potential

ZENIT Staff

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded £250,000 and Historic England has granted £150,000 to support the next phase of development at this nationally significant heritage site.

Bishop of El Paso to immigration agents: No one is obligated to follow an immoral law

ZENIT Staff

The message, addressing both mass detention and mass deportation, is the first of its kind since the beginning of mass deportations in the United States this past year, and addressed directly to both the immigrant community in borderlands as well as those working in immigration enforcement.

For the first time, a pope (Leo XIV) will receive the U.S. Medal of Freedom: here’s what you need to know

ZENIT Staff

Organizers have been explicit about this broader interpretation. For them, honoring the pope is not only about recognizing an individual, but about narrating a longer story—one that includes multiple faith traditions and acknowledges the complex path through which religious liberty became a foundational principle in the United States

How Many Weddings, Baptisms, or Funerals Are Celebrated in Germany? The Catholic Church in Germany Releases Annual Statistics

ZENIT Staff

In 2025, there was a slight increase of 2,269 people joining the Catholic Church (2024: 1,839), while 5,443 members were readmitted to the faith (2024: 4,743). However, the number of people who left the Church was 307,117 (2024: 321,659).

After repeated acts of desecration, this is how the main altar of the Vatican basilica is being secured

Valentina di Giorgio

According to the basilica’s workshop, the newly installed barrier consists of mobile polycarbonate panels that can be dismantled when necessary. The choice of material and design is telling: resistant enough to deter intrusion, yet enough to preserve visual continuity

One in four Americans supports abortion in all circumstances: data reveals a nation still searching for consensus

Tim Daniels

For pro-life advocates, these findings confirm that the national conversation is far from settled. Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, argues that public opinion is frequently portrayed as more unified than it actually is

Reopening the Archives: New Findings Challenge Accusations Against John Paul II in Poland’s Abuse Debate

ZENIT Staff

The archival corpus examined is substantial. It includes nine densely compiled volumes related to specific priests—among them Eugeniusz Surgent, Józef Loranc and Bolesław Saduś—alongside hundreds of supplementary documents drawn from parish records and other repositories