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Israelis celebrate ahead of a march marking Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP.)

Ultranationalist Jews chant racist slogans during annual march into Jerusalem’s Old City

May 15
Julia Frankel

A new crucifix that was sent by Italy to replace the one that was defaced by Isreali troops in Lebanon. (Credit: Houssam Naddaf/via AP.)

Israeli troops get prison for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon

May 12
Julia Frankel

Israeli soldiers atop an APC in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Lebanese Christians fear another occupation as Israel threatens to use Gaza tactics in the south

Mar 26
Kareem Chehayeb,
Julia Frankel

Smoke rises from scorched cars in a scrapyard that was set ablaze the night before by who local residents alleged were Israeli settlers in the town of Huwara near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Credit: Nasser Nasser/AP.)

Netanyahu convenes cabinet on settler violence in the West Bank that continues unabated

Nov 22, 2025
Julia Frankel,
Associated Press

People mourn at the grave of Hadar Goldin an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza in 2014 and whose body had been held there until it was released Sunday, during his funeral in Kfar Saba, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Credit: Abir Sultan/Pool via AP.)

Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end

Nov 13, 2025
Melanie Lidman,
Julia Frankel, Associated Press

People walk in Manger Square, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. World-famous Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem have been put on hold due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

Under the shadow of war in Gaza, Jesus’ traditional birthplace is gearing up for a subdued Christmas

Dec 18, 2023
Julia Frankel,
Jalal Bwaitel

Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica humanitas. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Premium article: Amid doomsaying on AI, Leo XIV looks before – and beyond – regulation

Sep 20
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus on Sunday, 20 Sept. 2026, in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Pope appeals for aid to drought and violence-stricken Somalia

Sep 20
Crux Now Staff

a busy street intersection near the iconic "I Love My Country" monument in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon

Premium article: Cameroon faces upsurge in deadly violence against women

Sep 20
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Premium article: Anglican interreligious gaffe could create backlash against Pakistani Christians, says former Anglican bishop

Sep 19
Fionn Shiner

Premium article: Anglican interreligious gaffe could create backlash against Pakistani Christians, says former Anglican bishop

Sep 19
Fionn Shiner

Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica humanitas. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Premium article: Amid doomsaying on AI, Leo XIV looks before – and beyond – regulation

Sep 20
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus on Sunday, 20 Sept. 2026, in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Pope appeals for aid to drought and violence-stricken Somalia

Sep 20
Crux Now Staff

An Army soldier and local residents look at a damaged portion of a mosque after a bomb exploded in Kohat, in northwestern Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Pakistan’s bishops condemn attack on police compound, pray for peace

Sep 19
Nirmala Carvalho

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Amid doomsaying on AI, Leo XIV looks before – and beyond – regulation