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Catholic groups give Bolsonaro poor marks on Brazil social programs

Oct 26, 2022
Lise Alves

Amazon Catholic leaders: Isolated Indigenous peoples must be protected

Sep 13, 2022
Barbara Fraser,
Lise Alves

Papal apology reinforces Brazilian church’s Indigenous work, leaders say

Jul 30, 2022
Lise Alves

Church in Brazil opens doors to shelter those who lost homes in mudslides

Feb 18, 2022
Lise Alves

Brazilians installed as catechists say recognition strengthens their work

Feb 7, 2022
Lise Alves

Catholic priest leads campaign against hostility toward poor in Brazil

Dec 14, 2021
Lise Alves

Archdiocesan shelter gives Brazilian women ‘the strength to go on’

Nov 15, 2021
Lise Alves

Religious accompany Brazil’s Indigenous as Supreme Court considers case

Sep 21, 2021
Lise Alves

Brazil sees rapid rise in land conflicts, Catholic agency reports

Jun 3, 2021
Lise Alves

Some of seven surface limestone-built tombs, discovered in the Marina-el-Alamein archeological site, as seen west of the city of Alexandria, Egypt. (Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities via AP.)

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert

Jul 6
Samy Magdy

Pope Leo XIV greets people in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 5, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope begins his summer break after decisive flexing of muscle on international and church stage

Jul 6
Nicole Winfield

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri speaks during an interview at the Zion Church in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP.)

Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release; Catholic still in prison

Jul 6
Didi Tang,
Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Ambassador to to the Holy See Brian Burch and his wife, Sara, and their children, in the ambassador's residence in Rome, Italy, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. State Department.)

Premium article: July 4 weekend highlighted Leo’s complex relationship with his homeland(s)

Jul 5
Charles Collins

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Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert

Newly consecrated bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (Credit: Baz Ratner/AP.)

Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Ambassador to to the Holy See Brian Burch and his wife, Sara, and their children, in the ambassador's residence in Rome, Italy, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. State Department.)

Premium article: July 4 weekend highlighted Leo’s complex relationship with his homeland(s)

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV greets people in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 5, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope begins his summer break after decisive flexing of muscle on international and church stage

Jul 6
Nicole Winfield

‘Toward a more perfect union’: Pope Leo XIV on 250 years of US independence

Jul 4
Crux Now Staff