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Strong link found between worship attendance and religious giving

Oct 27, 2017
Adelle M. Banks

Christians outnumber Muslim refugees to U.S. in last 15 years

Oct 12, 2017
Adelle M. Banks

Interfaith coalition says ‘no principled basis’ for Trump’s travel ban

Sep 15, 2017
Adelle M. Banks

Thousands of faith leaders ask Congress to protect Johnson Amendment

Aug 19, 2017
Adelle M. Banks

5 faith facts about Sam Brownback: Political champion of religious freedom

Jul 29, 2017
Adelle M. Banks

Good works of churches often go unnoticed

Jul 22, 2017
Adelle M. Banks

Research firm says Northeast cities rate most secular

Jul 16, 2017
Adelle M. Banks

When it’s sexuality versus religion, Americans stand divided

Jul 2, 2017
Adelle M. Banks

In dramatic turnabout, Southern Baptists condemn white supremacy

Jun 18, 2017
Adelle M. Banks

‘Toward a more perfect union’: Pope Leo XIV on 250 years of US independence

Jul 4
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV pays tribute at the cemetery and on little Joussef's grave, in Lampedusa, Sicily, southern Italy, Saturday, July 4, 2026, during a one-day pastoral visit to an island that has become a symbol of the risks faced by migrants trying to reach Europe by sea.(Credit: Pool Photo/Ciro Fusco, Via AP.)

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield,
Andrea Rosa

Pope Leo XIV waves during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Monday, June 29, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope urges US to recommit to founding ideas of protecting life, human dignity on 250th anniversary

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

Newly consecrated bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (Credit: Baz Ratner/AP.)

Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

Schismatic Spanish nuns could get 12 years for mistreatment of elderly sisters

Jul 2
Fionn Shiner

SSPX declared schismatic, clerics excommunicated

Jul 2
Christopher R. Altieri

DDF issues guidelines for return of SSPX clergy, laity to communion

Jul 2
Christopher R. Altieri

Father John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, processes into the sanctuary with altar servers at the start of one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.)

Latin Mass, but faithful to the pope: A Minnesota church shows a different way during schism crisis

Jul 3
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‘Toward a more perfect union’: Pope Leo XIV on 250 years of US independence