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Chicago Sun Times newspaper headlines after Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, published on May 9, 2025. (Credit: Melina Walling/AP.)

‘DA POPE!’ Leo XIV’s Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humor

May 11, 2025
Matt Sedensky,
Associated Press

‘We’ve done our part’: End of Roe brings answer to prayer

Jun 24, 2022
Matt Sedensky

Louisiana residents thankful for small miracles after Ida

Louisiana residents thankful for small miracles after Ida

Sep 6, 2021
Matt Sedensky,
Aaron Morrison

‘How many of us will be left?’ Catholic nuns face loss, pain

Apr 9, 2021
Matt Sedensky

An unassuming maestro of Sunday soundtracks lost to COVID-19

May 18, 2020
Matt Sedensky

At a Catholic seminary, hope for church beyond scandals

Feb 17, 2020
Matt Sedensky

AP-NORC Poll: Divided Americans fret country losing identity

Mar 6, 2017
Matt Sedensky

Premium article: Leo XIV’s message on care of creation wasn’t written with Trump in mind (but POTUS should read it)

Aug 20
Charles Collins

Taybeh, a town in the West Bank. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Jerusalem Patriarch visits Taybeh, calls for protection of Christian presence

Aug 20
Crux Now Staff

Filipino cardinals address deadly shooting incident at Jesuit high school

Aug 20
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Indigenous youth protest in Dhaka after Christian village looted

Aug 20
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Premium article: Vatican’s agreement with China is a ‘deal with the devil’, Catholic Lord tells Crux Now

Aug 18
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The ruins of the ancient Roman Neronian bridge, emerge from the riverbed of the Tiber river due to drought, in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Nero’s Bridge emerges from Tiber River as Rome faces water crisis

Aug 16
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Pope appeals for persecuted Palestinian Christians as violence continues

Aug 16
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Irish baptisms fall by 30 percent over ten years

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