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Filipino and U.S. soldiers participate during a joint military drill called Salaknib at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines on March 31, 2023. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

Rebels halt decommissioning of forces after accusing Philippines of reneging on peace deal

Aug 1
Jim Gomez,
Associated Press

A Filipino trooper guards the entrance of the site where a bomb exploded in Marawi, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. A powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed several people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a predominantly Muslim city in the southern Philippines, officials said. (Credit: Froilan Gallardo/AP.)

Philippine president blames foreign militants for a bombing that killed 4 Christian worshippers

Dec 3, 2023
Jim Gomez

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (Credit: Audrey McAvoy/AP.)

Philippine troops kill 11 Islamic militants in one of bloodiest anti-insurgency offensives this year

Dec 2, 2023
Jim Gomez

7 killed as Philippine troops clash with Muslim rebels

Nov 10, 2022
Jim Gomez

Drug killings leave agony, savage facet to Duterte’s legacy

Jun 29, 2022
Jim Gomez

50 years apart: Philippine activist fights dictator then son

Feb 25, 2022
Jim Gomez,
Joeal Calupitan

More than 200 dead after typhoon slams Philippines

Dec 20, 2021
Jim Gomez

Philippine democracy scion, ex-leader Benigno Aquino dies

Jun 24, 2021
Jim Gomez

Philippine troops kill Egyptian, 2 Filipino militants

Apr 17, 2021
Jim Gomez

Peruvian ex-priest responds to Crux coverage

Peruvian ex-priest responds to Crux coverage

Aug 7
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

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

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

Cameroonian priest remembered as ‘hero’ after drowning death

Aug 6
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo giving the group of Egyptian pilgrims his blessing in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican on Aug. 8, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo meets with pilgrims after Egyptian girl dies of heart failure during Jubilee

Aug 2
Crux Staff

(Credit: Pexels.)

The spiritual life involves an on-going battle within ourselves

Aug 3
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

A faithful throws a keffiyeh as Pope Leo XIV arrives for a Mass with young people participating in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV tells 1 million Catholic youths that they are ‘the sign a different world is possible’

Aug 3
Colleen Barry,
Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press

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