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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

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

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

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

Cameroonian priest remembered as ‘hero’ after drowning death

Aug 6
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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

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