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People gathers in Paris along the Champs Elysees for Mass with Pope Leo XIV at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France, on Saturday, 26 September 2026.

By the Numbers: Pope Leo XIV’s open-air Mass in Paris draws many more than expected

Sep 27
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Pope Leo XIV waves after a prayer vigil with young people at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (Credit: Thomas Padilla/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV declines to credit himself for White Sox playoff return

Sep 26
Associated Press

Flag of Poland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Stabbing at Catholic convent in Poland leaves 1 person dead and 4 wounded

Sep 24
Associated Press

Priests from various countries, members of the "Priests Against Genocide" network, carry a shroud bearing the names of 300 Palestinian and Lebanese children whom organizers say were killed by the Israeli military after ceasefires were declared, during a demonstration near St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Priests and nuns march to Vatican to demand end to ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Sep 23
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Credit: Unsplash.)

British parliament rejects bill seeking to legalize assisted suicide

Sep 11
Associated Press

Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome, left, tries to play a didgeridoo during a World Youth Day 2008 media event in Sydney, Australia, on April 17, 2008. (Credit: Rob Griffith/AP.)

Australian jury convicts former Catholic bishop of sexually abusing 2 men

Aug 13
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Peru's president Keiko Fujimori walks to the presidential palace after her inauguration in Lima, Peru, on July 28, 2026. (Credit: Martin Mejia/AP.)

From ‘The Lion’ to ‘The Tiger’: Conservative Trump allies gain ground in Catholic Latin America

Aug 8
Manuel Rueda,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in his first Latin American trip as pontiff

Aug 5
Associated Press

The organ of the John Cage organ project is illuminated prior to a ‘sound change’ at the Buchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, Sept. 5, 2020. (Credit: Markus Schreiber/AP.)

This cathedral organ will play one composition until 2640

Aug 5
Stefanie Dazio,
David Keyton, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France, on Sep. 27, 2026. (Credit: Thibault Camus/AP.)

Pope blasts assisted suicide as ‘false compassion’ at French shrine known for miraculous cures

Sep 27
Nicole Winfield

Bishop Fulton Sheen in New York City on Oct. 26, 1966. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Premium article: The ‘great enigma’ of modern media’s patron, Blessed Fulton Sheen

Sep 27
Charles Collins

Protestors block the Garvaghy road ahead of a Portadown District Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1 march in the first parade for almost 30 years in Portadown, Northern Ireland, on Sep. 27, 2026. (Credit: Peter Morrison/PA via AP.)

Tensions run high in Northern Ireland after contentious march given go-ahead

Sep 27
Pan Pylas

People gathers in Paris along the Champs Elysees for Mass with Pope Leo XIV at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France, on Saturday, 26 September 2026.

By the Numbers: Pope Leo XIV’s open-air Mass in Paris draws many more than expected

Sep 27
Associated Press

Thousands of people gathered in the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis for the beatification Mass of Fulton J. Sheen.

Fulton J. Sheen declared Blessed in St. Louis

Sep 25
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich, left, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, second from right, and Institut Catholique de Paris Rector Emmanuel Petit as he arrives to meet with members of the provincial synodal assembly, catechumens and neophytes at the ICP in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope encourages Catholics in deeply secular France to persevere as Paris shuts down for huge Mass

Sep 26
Nicole Winfield

Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, file (Image credit: Vatican Media)

Premium article: Euthanasia of Dutch child, nearly 2, is ‘mercy’ being used to justify questionable actions, cardinal tells Crux Now

Sep 25
Fionn Shiner

Pope Leo XIV, center, is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and his wife Brigitte as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope warns a ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he opens France trip

Sep 25
Nicole Winfield,
Sylvie Corbet

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Pope blasts assisted suicide as ‘false compassion’ at French shrine known for miraculous cures