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A person holds a Ukrainian flag during a Mass for peace in Ukraine celebrated by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, Nov. 17, 2022, in Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major. (Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media.)

Defend the country, defend your hearts, cardinal says at Mass for Ukraine

Nov 18, 2022
Cindy Wooden

‘Hurry up, Lord’ and bring peace to Ukraine, pope prays

Nov 16, 2022
Cindy Wooden

Live the Gospel by treating others as a brother or sister, pope says

Nov 14, 2022
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Seminaries don’t form ‘supermen,’ but humble servants, pope says

Nov 10, 2022
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Vatican opens clinic in St. Peter’s Square for World Day of the Poor

Nov 10, 2022
Cindy Wooden

Ukrainian archbishop tells pope Russia wants to destroy, not negotiate

Nov 7, 2022
Cindy Wooden

Showing love, mercy are key to entering heaven, pope says on All Souls’ Day

Nov 2, 2022
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Pope: Parishes are essential places for growing in faith, community

Oct 31, 2022
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Commission starts planning global report on child protection efforts

Oct 29, 2022
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Premium article: Anglican interreligious gaffe could create backlash against Pakistani Christians, says former Anglican bishop

Sep 19
Fionn Shiner

An Army soldier and local residents look at a damaged portion of a mosque after a bomb exploded in Kohat, in northwestern Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Pakistan’s bishops condemn attack on police compound, pray for peace

Sep 19
Christopher R. Altieri

Rescuers carry a survivor from a passenger ferry overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea on a stretcher upon arrival at a port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. AP Photo/Iman Satria

Premium article: Indonesian cardinal speaks to Crux Now in wake of ferry disaster

Sep 19
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Leo XIV meets with participants of a conference organized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and the Dicastery's Commission for New Martyrs in the Vatican on Sep. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Premium article: Did the pope change the game on interreligious dialogue?

Sep 18
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A person takes a picture of a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Regensburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Credit: Armin Weigl/dpa via AP.)

Pope Leo approves note on Vatican II document on interreligious dialogue quoting Benedict XVI’s controversial Regensburg speech

Sep 16
Charles Collins

In this photo provided by WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines, a soldier views the site inside a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province in the southern Philippines after two bombs exploded Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. (Credit: WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines Via AP.)

‘Century of martyrdom’: Vatican commission has recorded death of over 1700 martyrs in the 21st century

Sep 15
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Pope Leo publishes first book of his pre-papal writing

Sep 15
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The Basilica of Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre in Paris, France. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Catholicism is a ‘minority religion’ in France, expert tells Crux Now ahead of pope’s visit

Sep 16
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Anglican interreligious gaffe could create backlash against Pakistani Christians, says former Anglican bishop