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French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Pope Leo XIV speaks to teachers from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, along with young people from Denmark in the Vatican on July 5, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells British school teachers they are ‘models in life’

Catholic teachers in Britain and Ireland need to be “models in life, models of faith,” according to Pope Leo XIV.

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV meets with Archbishop Thibault Verny in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 5
Charles Collins

A mine worker holds bits of coltan ore in the mining town of Rubaya in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 9, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Cardinal says race to exploit Africa’s resources is the origin of armed conflict

Jul 5
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, with priests. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system

Jul 3
Ngala Killian Chimtom

File photo of San Francisco de Asis Parish in Naga City. (Credit: San Francisco de Asis Parish via CBCP News.)

Filipino parish temporarily closed after teen commits suicide

Jul 3
Joseph San Mateo

The Oxford Botanic Garden in England. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

British Church to shut down Bioethics office

Jul 3
Charles Collins

Nuns stand next to copies of L’Osservatore Romano newspaper with headlines in Latin of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Friday, May 9, 2025, a day after he was elected as the first North American pope. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis

Jul 2
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, with priests. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system

Jul 3
Ngala Killian Chimtom

File photo of San Francisco de Asis Parish in Naga City. (Credit: San Francisco de Asis Parish via CBCP News.)

Filipino parish temporarily closed after teen commits suicide

Jul 3
Joseph San Mateo

The Oxford Botanic Garden in England. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

British Church to shut down Bioethics office

Jul 3
Charles Collins

Nuns stand next to copies of L’Osservatore Romano newspaper with headlines in Latin of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Friday, May 9, 2025, a day after he was elected as the first North American pope. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis

Jul 2
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis

Jul 2
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Former Liberation Theology leader criticizes ‘excess’ of social issues by Latin American bishops

Jul 2
Eduardo Campos Lima

Former Liberation Theology leader criticizes ‘excess’ of social issues by Latin American bishops

Jul 2
Eduardo Campos Lima

Peru bishops invite Pope Leo XIV to visit

Jul 1
Elise Ann Allen

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A woman sleeps on a blanket next to children playing in a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 12, 2025. (Credit: Odelyn Joseph/AP.)

Hunger should not be used as a weapon of war, Pope Leo says

Jun 30
Charles Collins

Former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines on June 28, 2017. (Credit: Bullit Marquez/AP.)

Ecumenical group opposes Duterte’s request for temporary ICC release

Jun 30
Joseph San Mateo

(Credit: Pixabay.)

Prayer is not easy: It can be a ‘battle’

Jun 29
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily at the Mass for the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in the Vatican on June 29, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope calls for more unity in the Church on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

Jun 29
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV stands with Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk while meeting with members of the Jubilee Pilgrimage of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the Vatican on June 28, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo say Ukraine has been ‘martyred’ in ‘senseless war’

Jun 28
Charles Collins

The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.)

U.S. Supreme Court says parents can opt kids out of pro-LGBT books at school

Jun 28
Crux Staff

Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a signing ceremony in which Congo’s Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, left, and Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, right, pledge to work toward a peace deal at the State Department in Washington, April 25, 2025. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

Congo Christian leaders submit peace plan draft to President amid Security Crisis

Jun 28
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV presides over Ordination Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 27, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells new priests to avoid ‘dubious and short-lived’ models of success

Jun 27
Charles Collins

German-Israeli priest says Israel’s actions in Gaza are ‘genocidal’

Jun 27
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Woman attacks toddler with pepper spray during Mass in Brazil

Jun 27
Eduardo Campos Lima

After 23 years in prison for blasphemy, Catholic man in Pakistan freed

Jun 27
Nirmala Carvalho

Catholic charity condemns Israeli military’s approach to aid for Gaza

Jun 27
Charles Collins

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A woman sleeps on a blanket next to children playing in a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 12, 2025. (Credit: Odelyn Joseph/AP.)

Hunger should not be used as a weapon of war, Pope Leo says

Jun 30
Charles Collins

Former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines on June 28, 2017. (Credit: Bullit Marquez/AP.)

Ecumenical group opposes Duterte’s request for temporary ICC release

Jun 30
Joseph San Mateo

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily at the Mass for the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in the Vatican on June 29, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope calls for more unity in the Church on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

Jun 29
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV stands with Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk while meeting with members of the Jubilee Pilgrimage of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the Vatican on June 28, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo say Ukraine has been ‘martyred’ in ‘senseless war’

Jun 28
Charles Collins

The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.)

U.S. Supreme Court says parents can opt kids out of pro-LGBT books at school

Jun 28
Crux Staff

Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a signing ceremony in which Congo’s Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, left, and Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, right, pledge to work toward a peace deal at the State Department in Washington, April 25, 2025. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

Congo Christian leaders submit peace plan draft to President amid Security Crisis

Jun 28
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo tells new priests to avoid ‘dubious and short-lived’ models of success

Jun 27
Charles Collins

German-Israeli priest says Israel’s actions in Gaza are ‘genocidal’

Jun 27
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Woman attacks toddler with pepper spray during Mass in Brazil

Jun 27
Eduardo Campos Lima

After 23 years in prison for blasphemy, Catholic man in Pakistan freed

Jun 27
Nirmala Carvalho

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Pope Leo XIV greets Peruvian journalist Paola Ugaz in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican May 12, 2025, during a meeting with representatives of the media who covered his election. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo delivers fiery defense of freedom of the press, supports Peru journalists

Jun 21
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Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See Yaron Sideman presents his credentials to Pope Francis. (Credit: Israeli Embassy to the Holy See.)

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A woman holds a picture of Pope Francis reading in Italian “Farewell Francis, thank you His Holiness, today all the people cry for you” in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Francis will be remembered for his concern over refugees and immigrants

Apr 21
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Catholic Charities Western Washington CEO: Federal funding uncertainty ‘a big dilemma’

Mar 27
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Parishioners attend Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in the Queens borough of New York on Sunday, May 8, 2022. According to a report released Thursday, April 13, 2023, by the Pew Research Center, Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, but the number of Latinos who identify as religiously unaffiliated continues to grow. (Credit: Brittainy Newman/AP.)

20 percent of adults have left their childhood religion in many countries, study shows

Mar 26
John Lavenburg

Religious freedom commission expresses ‘hope’ with Trump, cites Biden IRFA violation

Mar 26
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Prime Minister Mark Carney meets young members of the crowd during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Montreal, Sunday March 16, 2025. (Credit: Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP.)

Canadian Catholic leaders denounce government budget proposals

Mar 19
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