German Millionaire Offers 500 Euros for Every Child Baptized

The Pope Arrives, Rupnik Departs: Lourdes Shrine Announces Permanent Mosaic Ceiling by Former Jesuit Accused of Abuse

Covadonga Asturias

Lourdes to Cover All of Rupnik’s Mosaics, Turning a Controversial Artwork into a Test of Healing

Catholic church vandalized in Israel’s capital amid ongoing attacks

ZENIT Staff

Israeli police arrested a local man in his twenties on August 16 on suspicion of vandalizing the Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Jaffa, after several religious statues were found smashed and crosses broken

New platform to help clergy turn sermon archives into books

ZENIT Staff

Your Book Pro, a British book-writing and publishing platform, allows Christian leaders to upload sermon recordings, transcripts, notes and existing documents. It identifies the main messages, stories, quotations and recurring themes, then suggests the strongest concepts around which a book could be built.

Pontifical Delegate for the Institute of the Incarnate Word Appoints New Council (With a Majority of External Members) and Announces New Official Website

ZENIT Staff

At the center of the new arrangement is a general council whose members have been approved by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Satué, who has full governing authority over the institute, appointed five principal collaborators

What Should Good AI Legislation Look Like? Leo XIV Offers Guidance to Catholic Legislators

ZENIT Staff

Address to the Participants in the Meeting of the “International Catholic Legislators Network”

What does the Mexican Catholic Church say about MORENA’s reform, which aims to censor news reports in the media?

ZENIT Staff

Mexican Bishops Warn Against the State Becoming an “Arbiter of Truth” in Media Regulation

Canadian Army Bans Service Members from Invoking God: Here’s the Catholic Church’s Response

ZENIT Staff

Canada’s Military Chaplaincy Faces a New Test Over Prayer, Conscience and Religious Freedom

German Millionaire Offers 500 Euros for Every Child Baptized; German Diocese Responds with These Measures

ZENIT Staff

The Diocese of Augsburg has chosen to distance itself from the scheme, identifying a question that goes deeper than the amount of money involved

Questions about liturgy: When Candles Should Be Used

Fr. Edward McNamara

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

It Was a Masonic Temple; Now the Church Is “Baptizing” It and Converting It into a Catholic Space, Thanks to Saint Joseph

Rafael Manuel Tovar

The building was home to the local Masonic lodge for nearly a century; in November 2026, it will be handed over to the Catholic educational institution, which will open its doors to the entire Steubenville community.

Iraq’s Court of Cassation affirms woman’s right to be classified as Christian in state’s official database

ZENIT Staff

Country’s highest court for civil, criminal, and family matters affirms right of Iraqi Christian to freely choose her religion, sets persuasive precedent for scores of Christians in Iraq facing serious legal and personal consequences of state-assigned religion.

Nigerian Court Rules Religious Police Cannot Arrest Christian Woman for Converting from Islam

ZENIT Staff

A Nigerian court has ruled that Kano State’s Hisbah religious police cannot arrest Sarah*, a young woman who converted from Islam to Christianity. Christian family that helped her is still facing false criminal charges.