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Christian group calls for action against Hindu nationalist population

Peruvian ex-priest responds to Crux coverage

Peruvian ex-priest responds to Crux coverage

Aug 7
Crux Staff

Archbishop Martin Jumoad on Tuesday, Aug. 5, announces the temporary closure of St. John the Baptist Parish in Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, after the desecration of its holy water font. (Credit: DXDD Radio/Facebook.)

Historic Filipino parish closed after vlogger ‘spits’ into holy water font

Aug 7
Joseph San Mateo

Pope Leo XIV explained that love is “not the result of chance, but of a conscious choice” during his General Audience on Aug. 6, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Leave room for God, Pope Leo says at General Audience

Aug 6
Crux Staff

Father Carol Tchinda Nguito. (Credit: Mamfe Diocese.)

Cameroonian priest remembered as ‘hero’ after drowning death

Aug 6
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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Bahrain’s Shiites hope pope raises human rights during visit

Nov 2, 2022
Bassem Mroue,
Jon Gambrell, Mariam Fam

Lebanon says Pope Francis will visit crisis-torn country in June

Apr 5, 2022
Bassem Mroue

The judge leading Beirut blast probe: Discreet and defiant

Oct 26, 2021
Sarah El Deeb,
Bassem Mroue

Hezbollah hammered with criticism amid Lebanon’s crises

Sep 1, 2021
Bassem Mroue

As Lebanese cry for justice, politics paralyzes the system

May 4, 2021
Bassem Mroue

Turning 100: Lebanon, a nation branded by upheaval, crises

Aug 31, 2020
Bassem Mroue

Beirut residents determined to save heritage lost to blast

Aug 29, 2020
Bassem Mroue

Lebanon deescalates sectarian clashes after tense night

Jun 7, 2020
Bassem Mroue

3rd night of clashes as Lebanon puts off talks on new PM

Dec 17, 2019
Bassem Mroue

Aerial view of the state legislative assembly in South Mumbai in India. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Christian group calls for action against Hindu nationalist population

Aug 8
Nirmala Carvalho

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David joins the celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, in these photos shared by the Diocese of Kalookan on July 27, 2025. (Credit: Roman Catholic Bishop of Kalookan/Facebook.)

Cardinal David questions Philippines’ gambling law after young man’s death

Aug 8
Joseph San Mateo

Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, pictured in a screenshot from a video. (Credit: CNS screenshot/YouTube.)

Lecture dedicated to activist Jesuit priest in India cancelled to to Hindu nationalists

Aug 8
Nirmala Carvalho

Peruvian ex-priest responds to Crux coverage

Peruvian ex-priest responds to Crux coverage

Aug 7
Crux Staff