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St. Mary's Church is seen Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Cranston, R.I. (Credit: Charles Krupa/AP.)

Sprawling investigation finds decades of sexual abuse among Catholic priests in Rhode Island

Mar 5
Kimberlee Kruesi,
Crux Staff

Spanish actress’s public attack on Church shows “uneasy conscience”

Mar 5
Fionn Shiner

The sculpted bust inside the Basilica of Saint Agnes Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy, which, in light of the new studies by Italian researcher Valentina Salerno, may be reattributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Claims of ‘rediscovered’ Michelangelos unsettle Renaissance experts

Mar 5
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV renews calls for peace, dialogue as Iran strikes continue

Mar 4
Crux Staff

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In war-torn Lebanon, a Filipino Jesuit stands with abandoned migrants

A firefighter extinguishes a burned shop at a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

In war-torn Lebanon, a Filipino Jesuit stands with abandoned migrants

Mar 6
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

The Sacred Heart Cathedral of Algiers, Algeria. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Bishop says Pope’s visit to show Christianity ‘an asset to Algeria’

Mar 6
Ngala Killian Chimtom

U.S. Supreme Court Justices listens as President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.)

Man pleads guilty to bringing explosives to a DC Catholic church marking the start of a Supreme Court term

Mar 6
Michael Kunzelman

Arkansas Coach Lou Holtz after defeating Oklahoma at the Orange Bowl on Jan. 2, 1978. (Credit: Phil Sandin/AP.)

Lou Holtz, Catholic college football staple who coached Notre Dame to 1988 national title, dies at 89

Mar 6
Eric Olson,
Tom Coyne, Crux Staff

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The Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Faith leaders condemn a Pennsylvania Halloween parade float with an Auschwitz sign

Nov 4, 2025
Mark Scolforo,
Associated Press

Shown is the St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Darby, Pa., Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Chaim "Charlie" Steg, who oversaw the suburban Philadelphia nursing home pleaded no contest Wednesday, June 2, 2021, to endangering three residents who before dying suffered health complications because of inadequate staffing levels, prosecutors said. (Credit: Matt Rourke/AP.)

Former nursing home manager pleas to endangering 3 residents

Jun 3, 2021
Mark Scolforo

Pennsylvania State House advances 2-year child sex abuse lawsuit window

Apr 8, 2021
Mark Scolforo

Pennsylvania vote signals support for child sex abuse window in bill form

Apr 7, 2021
Mark Scolforo

Child sex abuse lawsuit ‘window’ amendment clears Pa. House

Mar 25, 2021
Mark Scolforo

Child sexual abuse lawsuit ‘window’ moves near referendum in Pennsylvania

Jan 28, 2021
Mark Scolforo

Pennsylvania justices review priest abuse lawsuit’s ruling on time limits

Oct 21, 2020
Mark Scolforo

Evangelicals at base of Trump hopes for Pennsylvania repeat

Sep 20, 2020
Mark Scolforo

Pennsylvania House votes to bar shutting down churches in disasters

Sep 16, 2020
Mark Scolforo