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St. Mary's Church is seen Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Cranston, R.I. (Credit: Charles Krupa/AP.)

Sprawling investigation finds decades of sexual abuse among Catholic priests in Rhode Island

Mar 5
Kimberlee Kruesi,
Crux Staff

Spanish actress’s public attack on Church shows “uneasy conscience”

Mar 5
Fionn Shiner

Leaders of numerous Anglican churches attend a religious service on the sidelines of their meeting of the Anglican Communion in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Credit: Olamikan Gbemiga/AP.)

Conservative Anglican leaders restructure the global religious body after 400 years

Mar 6
Dyepkazah Shibayan

The sculpted bust inside the Basilica of Saint Agnes Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy, which, in light of the new studies by Italian researcher Valentina Salerno, may be reattributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Claims of ‘rediscovered’ Michelangelos unsettle Renaissance experts

Mar 5
Nicole Winfield

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Christian villagers in India uneasy after church vandalized

Andrew Dampf | Crux

Christian villagers in India uneasy after church vandalized

Mar 7
Nirmala Carvalho

A cross is silhouetted against a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans on Dec. 1, 2012. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

For survivors, Rhode Island clergy abuse report brings vindication and renewed demands

Mar 7
Leah Willingham,
Kimberlee Kruesi

A firefighter extinguishes a burned shop at a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

In war-torn Lebanon, a Filipino Jesuit stands with abandoned migrants

Mar 6
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

The Sacred Heart Cathedral of Algiers, Algeria. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Bishop says Pope’s visit to show Christianity ‘an asset to Algeria’

Mar 6
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A screen flags the news of new Pope Leo XIV during the second round match between Fabio Fognini of Italy and Jacob Fearnley at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome on May 8, 2025. (Credit: Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP.)

Pope Leo XIV is a tennis player. Tsitsipas would be happy to hit some balls with him

May 11, 2025
Andrew Dampf,
Associated Press

Vatican cyclist spreading the pope’s message at worlds

Sep 23, 2022
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For Napoli fans, Catholicism and soccer battle for religious top spot

Feb 21, 2020
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