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Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri speaks during an interview at the Zion Church in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP.)

Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release; Catholic still in prison

Jul 6
Didi Tang,
Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Syrian security inspects the site after an explosive device was detonated in a cafe near the main courthouse complex, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, July 2, 2026 (Credit: Ghaith Alsayed/AP.)

Explosive device goes off in cafe in Syria’s capital, killing at least 9 people

Jul 3
Ghaith Alsayed,
Associated Press

Pope appoints woman to head development dicastery

Jun 30
Crux Now Staff,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV meets with cardinals in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican on June 26, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV says war ‘never blessed by God’ as he opens meeting of world’s cardinals

Jun 26
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV receives the baseball from the final out of Game 1 of the 2005 World Series from former Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski. (Credit: Pierzynski on X.)

Pope Leo XIV receives World Series baseball from former White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski

Jun 26
Jay Cohen,
Associated Press

A man sits with a cat outside St. Georges Orthodox Church in the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP.)

Two Christian communities navigate life in southern Lebanon, in photos

Jun 17
Hassan Ammar,
Associated Press

Migrants trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico approach the site where workers are assembling large buoys to be used as a border barrier along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (Credit: Eric Gay/AP.)

In far West Texas, the threat of land seizures for a border wall has families on edge

Jun 16
Uriel J. Garcia/ The Texas Tribune,
Associated Press

A burning cross near a tree in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. (Credit: AP.)

A burning cross in a Chicago park shocks residents

Jun 11
Hallie Golden,
Associated Press

A newly married couple walks down the aisle at their wedding amid an Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Celebrating a Catholic wedding amid the Ebola outbreak: No kisses, but love lives here

Jun 9
Justin Kabumba,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV greets people in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 5, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope begins his summer break after decisive flexing of muscle on international and church stage

Jul 6
Nicole Winfield

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri speaks during an interview at the Zion Church in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP.)

Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release; Catholic still in prison

Jul 6
Didi Tang,
Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Ambassador to to the Holy See Brian Burch and his wife, Sara, and their children, in the ambassador's residence in Rome, Italy, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. State Department.)

Premium article: July 4 weekend highlighted Leo’s complex relationship with his homeland(s)

Jul 5
Charles Collins

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

Jul 4
Crux Now Staff

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Pope begins his summer break after decisive flexing of muscle on international and church stage

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

Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Ambassador to to the Holy See Brian Burch and his wife, Sara, and their children, in the ambassador's residence in Rome, Italy, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. State Department.)

Premium article: July 4 weekend highlighted Leo’s complex relationship with his homeland(s)

Jul 5
Charles Collins

‘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