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This image released by ABC shows Vice President JD Vance with Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin on "The View" on June 16, 2026. (Credit: Lou Rocco/ABC via AP.)

Vance says he “strike a balance, of course,” between enforcing laws and treating people appropriately

Jun 17
Meg Kinnard

With Marine Two in the background, Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters upon arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Credit: Matt Rourke/AP.)

JD Vance writes of journey to Catholicism in ‘Communion,’ his first book since ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

Jun 16
Meg Kinnard,
Mike Catalini

Vice President JD Vance speaks at a rally ahead of the March for Life in Washington, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (Credit: Stephanie Scarbrough/AP.)

Vance touts the Trump administration’s record against abortion at a Washington rally

Jan 24
Meg Kinnard

As 2024 nears, Pence to speak at SC pregnancy center dinner

Jan 21, 2022
Meg Kinnard

Americans less positive about civil liberties: AP-NORC poll

Sep 10, 2021
Meg Kinnard,
Emily Swanson

Foster agency sued for turning down Catholic

Feb 15, 2019
Meg Kinnard

Patti Smith meeting Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican on July 31, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

A giddy Patti Smith meets fellow Chicago legend, Pope Leo XIV, and says ‘Hi’

Jul 31
Nicole Winfield

Sri Lanka police chief Pujith Jayasundara, left, leaves after an inspection of St. Anthony's Church, one of the sites of the Easter Day Explosions in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. (Credit: Eranga Jayawardena/AP.)

Two former Sri Lanka officials sentenced to death for negligence in deadly Easter bombings

Jul 31
Krishan Francis

Pope to NBC News: Hope of US visit ‘soon’

Jul 30
Crux Now Staff

Premium article: Cardinal Suharyo to Crux Now: Church in Asia called to ‘conversion, conversion, conversion’

Jul 30
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope to NBC News: Hope of US visit ‘soon’

Jul 30
Crux Now Staff

UK Prime Minister deals major setback to assisted suicide push

Jul 30
Crux Now Staff

Patti Smith meeting Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican on July 31, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

A giddy Patti Smith meets fellow Chicago legend, Pope Leo XIV, and says ‘Hi’

Jul 31
Nicole Winfield

Trafficking survivor says a phone call broke the chains of his bondage

Jul 30
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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A giddy Patti Smith meets fellow Chicago legend, Pope Leo XIV, and says ‘Hi’