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Pope Leo XIV renews call for cease-fire in Mideast conflict

Conductor Harry Christopher, center, with tenor Matthew McKinney, left, soprano Elizabeth Watts, second from left, and The Sixteen present Angels Unawares byJames MacMillan in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

A rare look inside the Sistine Chapel for a private concert about angel encounters

Mar 23
David Biller

Boys Town students hold portraits of Boys Town founder Father Edward Flanagan outside St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha, Neb., Feb. 27, 2012. (Credit: Nati Harnik/AP.)

Pope Leo moves Father Flanagan of Boys Town fame closer to possible sainthood

Mar 24
Peter Smith,
Nicole Winfield

Bangladesh Bishops decline government stipend for Catholic clerics

Mar 23
Stephan Uttom Rozario

New laws in two Indian states threaten religious liberty

Mar 23
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Leo XIV renews call for cease-fire in Mideast conflict

Mar 25
Crux Now Staff

(Credit: Wikimedia.)

Catholic Church notes problems caused by polygamy in Africa

Mar 25
Crux Now Staff

A confessional in a Catholic church. (Credit: Pexels.)

As Lent continues, a first-of-its-kind national study finds that most Catholics would consider going to Confession

Mar 25
Charles Collins

A soldier inspects an area attacked in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on March 7, 2026. (Credit: Jossy Ola/AP.)

US sends drones to Nigeria to join troops sent for intelligence and training

Mar 24
Monika Pronczuk

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