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Workers cover a mural by Emigdio Vasquez featuring César Chavez at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana, California on March 19, 2026. (Credit: Jae C. Hong/AP.)

For César Chavez supporters, a painful question: What to do with his legacy now

Apr 1
Fernanda Figueroa,
Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press

Steam rises from chimneys during the night shift at the Tyson Foods’ beef plant in Lexington, Neb., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Credit: Thomas Peipert/AP.)

A small town’s American Dream is at risk. What happens when its biggest employer shuts down?

Dec 23, 2025
Jesse Bedayn,
Associated Press

People gather at a vigil at Lynnhurst Park after a shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School on Aug. 27, 2025. (Credit: Bruce Kluckhohn/AP.)

Minneapolis Catholic schoolchildren listened to a prayer, then ducked for cover from gunfire

Aug 28, 2025
Jesse Bedayn,
Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press

Prime Minister Andy Burnham leaves 10 Downing Street in London, England, on Sept. 1, 2026. (Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP.)

Premium article: Last vestige of anti-Catholic laws in Britain ending not a sign of Church revival

Sep 13
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims and tourists at the Angelus on Sunday, 13 Sept. 2026 in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Pope commemorates 9/11 attacks with prayers for peace and for those who died

Sep 13
Nicole Winfield

Premium article: Catholics believe assisted reproduction bill can be defeated in Ecuador

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Pope Leo XIV with religious and traditional leaders in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Bamenda, Cameroon, on 16 April 2026. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Premium article: Heeding pope’s call, religious & traditional leaders map path to reconciliation in Cameroon

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Credit: Unsplash.)

British parliament rejects bill seeking to legalize assisted suicide

Sep 11
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Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, right, talks with his brother and farm manager, Cesar Marroquin, in a small field of vegetables growing on his farm, Salvatierra Farms, in Northfield, Minn., Friday, June 19, 2026. (Credit: Jessie Wardarski/AP.)

For these Midwest farmers, regenerative agriculture is about more than soil health. It’s spiritual

Sep 11
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Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Premium article: Scottish bishop tells Crux Now proposed change to Scotland’s abortion law could limit conscientious objection

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A CRS aid worker delivers emergency assistance in Nepal. CRS is working with local partners and the US State Dept. (Image courtesy of US Embassy to Nepal)

Premium article: Caritas Nepal receives support from CRS, US govt. to care for displaced in wake of disaster

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Last vestige of anti-Catholic laws in Britain ending not a sign of Church revival