Taking the Catholic Pulse

Support Us
About Us

Ilan Ben Zion

Associated Press

Latest Stories

Most Popular

© 2026 Crux Now Media, LLC

Privacy & Cookie Policy

Taking the Catholic Pulse

About Crux
Contact Us
Advertising
Videos
Support Us

Podcast:

Quick Links

Currents News
Magisterium
Vulgate
VMR Communications
DeSales Media Group in the Diocese of Brooklyn

Pope Leo XIV receives the letters of credential of Brian F. Burch as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See during an audience Sept. 13, 2025, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

US Ambassador sees potential for ‘Catholic Moment’ with Leo

Feb 25
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV at the Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

In Lenten meditation, Bishop Erik Varden addresses abuse, corruption

Feb 25
Christopher R. Altieri

Brian Burch speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination for to be Ambassador to The Holy See, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

US immigration law ‘not rooted in hate or xenophobia,’ ambassador says

Feb 25
Elise Ann Allen

In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a local passes by a destroyed apartment building following an Russian air strike in the town of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Credit: Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP.)

On anniversary of Russian invasion, Major Archbishop says Pope Leo understands Ukraine

Feb 24
Charles Collins

Latest

In Lenten meditation, Bishop Erik Varden addresses abuse, corruption

Ilan Ben Zion | Crux

Author's Posts

Israeli authority backs down from Mount of Olives park plan after Churches complain

Feb 21, 2022
Ilan Ben Zion

Christmas in Bethlehem: Gilded treasures, but few tourists

Nov 19, 2021
Ilan Ben Zion

In tense Jerusalem, flag-waving Israeli march to go ahead

May 9, 2021
Ilan Ben Zion

In Jaffa, gentrification stokes discord as Arabs pushed out

Apr 28, 2021
Ilan Ben Zion

Israeli experts announce discovery of more Dead Sea scrolls

Mar 16, 2021
Ilan Ben Zion

By Sea of Galilee, archaeologists find ruins of early mosque

Jan 29, 2021
Ilan Ben Zion

Israeli court: Damascus Bibles to stay in National Library

Aug 19, 2020
Ilan Ben Zion

Israel tightens quarantine in Jerusalem to halt virus spread

Apr 12, 2020
Ilan Ben Zion

France reopens contested Jewish tomb in east Jerusalem

Nov 8, 2019
Ilan Ben Zion

Pope Leo XIV at the Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

In Lenten meditation, Bishop Erik Varden addresses abuse, corruption

Feb 25
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV receives the letters of credential of Brian F. Burch as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See during an audience Sept. 13, 2025, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

US Ambassador sees potential for ‘Catholic Moment’ with Leo

Feb 25
Elise Ann Allen

Brian Burch speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination for to be Ambassador to The Holy See, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

US immigration law ‘not rooted in hate or xenophobia,’ ambassador says

Feb 25
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican where Catholic faithful and pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing at the end of the noon Angelus prayer, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (Credit: Riccardo De Luca/AP.)

Pope Leo will visit 4 African countries as part of his packed 2026 travel plan

Feb 25
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press