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US Bishops vs. Trump on deportations: Last week in the Church with John Allen Jr.

President-elect Donald Trump arrives before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in Boca Chica, Texas. (Credit: Brandon Bell/Pool via AP.)

Kentucky prelate calls lack of election response from American Church ‘disappointing’

Bishop John Stowe, in a recent conversation with Crux, said he isn’t surprised by the lack of 2024 election response from American Church leaders.

Dec 3
John Lavenburg

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a file photo. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

African cardinal says women disadvantaged by culture and ‘a certain mentality in the Church’

Dec 3
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Syrian opposition fighters burn government Syrian flags for the cameras next to Aleppo’s old city, Saturday Nov. 30, 2024. (Credit: Ghaith Alsayed/AP.)

Christian leaders fearful after Islamist advance in Syria

Dec 3
Crux Staff

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks after receiving Costa Rica’s highest honor from President Rodrigo Chaves at the presidential palace in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (Credit: Jose Diaz/AP.)

Church opposes president’s plan to resume mining in El Salvador

Dec 3
Eduardo Campos Lima

Relics of St. Francis Xavier. (Credit: Government of Goa.)

Francis Xavier is ‘an inspiration and model’ says Cardinal Tagle on feast day

Dec 3
Nirmala Carvalho

Ex-members of women’s branch of Peru group seek compensation for fallout of abuse

Dec 2
Elise Ann Allen

Pope approves beatification for Congo’s anti-corruption martyr

Dec 2
Ngala Killian Chimtom

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks after receiving Costa Rica’s highest honor from President Rodrigo Chaves at the presidential palace in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (Credit: Jose Diaz/AP.)

Church opposes president’s plan to resume mining in El Salvador

Dec 3
Eduardo Campos Lima

Relics of St. Francis Xavier. (Credit: Government of Goa.)

Francis Xavier is ‘an inspiration and model’ says Cardinal Tagle on feast day

Dec 3
Nirmala Carvalho

Ex-members of women’s branch of Peru group seek compensation for fallout of abuse

Dec 2
Elise Ann Allen

Pope approves beatification for Congo’s anti-corruption martyr

Dec 2
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope approves beatification for Congo’s anti-corruption martyr

Dec 2
Ngala Killian Chimtom

History confirms that for US bishops, immigration isn’t political

Dec 1
John L. Allen Jr.

Public prayer is a living thing, but that doesn’t mean anything goes

Dec 1
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

Bishop calls British step to legalize suicide a ‘very bleak day’

Nov 30
Charles Collins

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A session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality in October 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

German ‘synodal path’ versus the Synod on Synodality: Who ‘won’?

Nov 30
José Lorenzo,
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Pope’s jubilee visit to Turkey to advance political, ecumenical agenda

Nov 30
Elise Ann Allen

In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. (Credit: Alfredo Zuniga/AP.)

Radical changes to Nicaraguan Constitution are a blow to Catholic Church

Nov 29
Eduardo Campos Lima

Father Eduardo Rodríguez Yunta in Santiago, Chile. (Credit: Santiago Archdiocese.)

In Chile, priest is stabbed by homeless man who he used to help

Nov 29
Eduardo Campos Lima

Relics of St. Francis Xavier in Goa, India. (Goa Government.)

Vatican delegation views relics of Saint Francis Xavier in Goa, India

Nov 29
Nirmala Carvalho

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with leaders from across the UK during the International Investment Summit in London, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Credit: Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP.)

British citizens ‘confused’ over definition of assisted suicide ahead of Parliament vote

Nov 28
Charles Collins

News of Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire received by American bishops with ‘profound hope’

Nov 28
John Lavenburg

HM Prison Leicester in the United Kingdom. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Bishop says prisoners in the UK need methods of ‘restorative justice’

Nov 28
Charles Collins

Irish Church objects to temporary closure of Catholic chapel in Dublin

Nov 28
Charles Collins

Spanish Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso dies

Nov 28
Religión Digital

Vatican to form study group to classify crime of ‘spiritual abuse’

Nov 27
Elise Ann Allen

Washington auxiliary bishop leads efforts to identify unmarked graves

Nov 27
John Lavenburg

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Pope’s jubilee visit to Turkey to advance political, ecumenical agenda

Nov 30
Elise Ann Allen

In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. (Credit: Alfredo Zuniga/AP.)

Radical changes to Nicaraguan Constitution are a blow to Catholic Church

Nov 29
Eduardo Campos Lima

Father Eduardo Rodríguez Yunta in Santiago, Chile. (Credit: Santiago Archdiocese.)

In Chile, priest is stabbed by homeless man who he used to help

Nov 29
Eduardo Campos Lima

Relics of St. Francis Xavier in Goa, India. (Goa Government.)

Vatican delegation views relics of Saint Francis Xavier in Goa, India

Nov 29
Nirmala Carvalho

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with leaders from across the UK during the International Investment Summit in London, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Credit: Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP.)

British citizens ‘confused’ over definition of assisted suicide ahead of Parliament vote

Nov 28
Charles Collins

News of Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire received by American bishops with ‘profound hope’

Nov 28
John Lavenburg

Bishop says prisoners in the UK need methods of ‘restorative justice’

Nov 28
Charles Collins

Irish Church objects to temporary closure of Catholic chapel in Dublin

Nov 28
Charles Collins

Spanish Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso dies

Nov 28
Religión Digital

Vatican to form study group to classify crime of ‘spiritual abuse’

Nov 27
Elise Ann Allen

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Nov 26
John L. Allen Jr.

To fix the pension deficit, the Vatican may first need to face its trust deficit

Nov 24
John L. Allen Jr.

Only in Italy: Why the Vatican owes Lucifer a debt

Nov 23
John L. Allen Jr.

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Priest disputes Pope Francis’ legitimacy: laicized: Last week in the Church with John Allen Jr.

Nov 19
John L. Allen Jr.

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Protesters show posters and placards in front of Parliament in London, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 as British lawmakers started a historic debate on a proposed to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales.(Credit: Alberto Pezzali/AP.)

Bishop calls British step to legalize suicide a ‘very bleak day’

Nov 30
Charles Collins

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with leaders from across the UK during the International Investment Summit in London, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Credit: Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP.)

British citizens ‘confused’ over definition of assisted suicide ahead of Parliament vote

Nov 28
Charles Collins

HM Prison Leicester in the United Kingdom. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Bishop says prisoners in the UK need methods of ‘restorative justice’

Nov 28
Charles Collins

Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Irish Church objects to temporary closure of Catholic chapel in Dublin

Nov 28
Charles Collins

Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris makes a statement outside Government Buildings ahead of the Dail being formally dissolved for the General Election scheduled for next Nov. 29, in Dublin Friday Nov. 8, 2024. (Credit: Gareth Chaney/PA Wire/PA via AP.)

Irish bishops call for voters to remember life issues ahead of elections

Nov 21
Charles Collins

Elise Ann Allen

Ex-members of women’s branch of Peru group seek compensation for fallout of abuse

Dec 2
Elise Ann Allen

Pope’s jubilee visit to Turkey to advance political, ecumenical agenda

Nov 30
Elise Ann Allen

Vatican to form study group to classify crime of ‘spiritual abuse’

Nov 27
Elise Ann Allen

Ex-members of Peru lay group ask pope for suppression, compensation

Nov 26
Elise Ann Allen

Survivors blast papal meeting with duo linked to scandal-plagued Peru group

Nov 25
Elise Ann Allen

John Lavenburg

President-elect Donald Trump arrives before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in Boca Chica, Texas. (Credit: Brandon Bell/Pool via AP.)

Kentucky prelate calls lack of election response from American Church ‘disappointing’

Dec 3
John Lavenburg

News of Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire received by American bishops with ‘profound hope’

Nov 28
John Lavenburg

Washington auxiliary bishop leads efforts to identify unmarked graves

Nov 27
John Lavenburg

Mahony calls on US bishops to denounce ‘chilling’ Trump plan for mass deportations

Nov 26
John Lavenburg

Members of immigration advocacy groups demand the City Council enact an ordinance making Los Angeles a sanctuary city outside Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (Credit: Damian Dovarganes/AP.)

Amid uncertainty, Iowa bishops ensure advocacy and solidarity with local migrant community

Nov 22
John Lavenburg

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