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Ukrainian Catholics denounce so-called ‘annexation’ of Ukraine regions

Oct 4, 2022
Gina Christian

Catholic high school principal shows what’s possible

Sep 4, 2022
Gina Christian

Ukrainian Catholics mark ‘renewed independence’ of Ukraine amid war

Aug 26, 2022
Gina Christian

Teen trauma, impaired brain development seen as factors in gun violence

Jul 9, 2022
Gina Christian

U.S. archbishop, Ukrainian Catholics hail EU candidate status for Ukraine

Jun 29, 2022
Gina Christian

Philadelphia teens share insider view of gun violence, issues that drive it

Jun 12, 2022
Gina Christian

U.S. baby formula shortage hits food pantries run by church, other agencies

May 13, 2022
Gina Christian

‘Naked evil’ of atrocities in Ukraine seen as only ‘tip of the iceberg’

Apr 13, 2022
Gina Christian

Pa. Catholic college, 15 other colleges to award Zelenskyy honorary degrees

Apr 2, 2022
Gina Christian

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for Gemelli Hospital medical staff on his fourth day in hospital, Oct. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery

Oct 16
Nicole Winfield

University of San Francisco basketball player Bill Russell is carried from the floor of the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., by students celebrating a win over La Salle for the NCAA basketball championship, March 19, 1955. (Credit: Bill Streator/AP.)

From March Madness miracles to a season opener in Rome: The story of Catholic college hoops

Oct 16
David Crary

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Majestic Valley Arena, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in Kalispell, Mont. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Catholic support for Trump is declining, but is it just part of a national trend?

Oct 16
Charles Collins

A Palestinian family harvest olives in a valley in the West Bank town of Birzeit, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (Credit: Leo Correa/AP.)

Israeli settlers attack olive harvest of Christian villagers in the West Bank

Oct 16
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where doctors expect to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo is eating, celebrating Mass and walking after cancer surgery, but trip is in question

Oct 15
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV’s brother reveals that he also has cancer

Oct 14
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where he’s expected to be operated to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery to remove part of right lung

Oct 14
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

An image of Pope Leo XIV rests at the base of a statue of late pope St. John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Leo is hospitalized for surgery to remove a lung nodule, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV’s cancer diagnosis raises questions about the future and the very recent past

Oct 15
Nicole Winfield

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First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery