Taking the Catholic Pulse

Latest

White Sox will pay tribute to loyal fan Pope Leo by giving away pope-themed hats

Support Us
About Us
- Contact Details
- Advertising

Peter Smith

Associated Press

Latest Stories

Most Popular

© 2026 Crux Now Media, LLC

Privacy & Cookie Policy

Taking the Catholic Pulse

About Crux
Contact Us
Advertising
Videos
Support Us

Podcast:

A different sort of ‘Catholic Moment’ in US politics

Apr 9
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves his residence in Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, to return to the Vatican, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope calls Trump threat against Iran ‘unacceptable, immoral’, Trump relents for now

Apr 8
Elise Ann Allen

Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans as they hold Iranian flags and a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Credit: Vahid Salemi/AP.)

Pastors blessing Trump and asking God for war victory was shameful, says Spanish bishop

Apr 9
Fionn Shiner

Children leave school in Dschang, Cameroon, on Dec. 1, 2024. (Credit: Robert Bociaga/AP.)

The Pope Effect: How a papal visit is sparking an infrastructure ‘miracle’ in Cameroon

Apr 9
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

White Sox will pay tribute to loyal fan Pope Leo by giving away pope-themed hats

Apr 10
Associated Press

A woman and young girl displaced from Boko Haram attacks push a cart in Dikwa, Borno province, north east Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Nigerian army general and several soldiers killed during an assault on a base in the northeast

Apr 10
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Associated Press

Patriarch Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, center left, performs the Washing of the Feet ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, after restrictions were lifted following a ceasefire reached between Iran, Israel and the United States, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

Israel lifts restrictions at holy sites in Jerusalem after fragile ceasefire announced

Apr 10
Sam Mednick,
Associated Press

Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans as they hold Iranian flags and a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Credit: Vahid Salemi/AP.)

Premium

Pastors blessing Trump and asking God for war victory was shameful, says Spanish bishop

Apr 9
Fionn Shiner

Author's Posts

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

Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate, conducts a service at St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (Credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP.)

Patriarch Filaret, who fought for an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church, dies at 97

Mar 22
Peter Smith

A statue of Jesus Christ on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Nov. 10, 2020. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

‘Christ is king’ becomes a loaded phrase in US political debates, especially on the right

Mar 6
Peter Smith

Conservative Anglican leaders meet in Nigeria, facing debate on a possible breakaway

Mar 3
Peter Smith

Catholics pray the rosary while a priest marks people’s foreheads with ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Church of the Divine Child in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Credit: Fernando Vergara/AP.)

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a period of fasting, reflection — and fish fries

Feb 16
Peter Smith,
Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Conservative Catholic member of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission ousted in dispute over antisemitism

Feb 12
Peter Smith,
Associated Press

Father Susai Jesu, recently named archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, gives an interview at the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples where he was once pastor, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta. (Credit: Jessie Wardarski/AP.)

From southern India to Canada’s far north: New archbishop serves Indigenous Catholics

Feb 3
Peter Smith,
Associated Press

A protester holds a sign reading "Love thy neighbor - Jesus" during a rally against federal immigration enforcement on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Credit: Angelina Katsanis/AP.)

Protests inside churches are unusual despite long history of civil disobedience in the US

Jan 25
Peter Smith,
Tiffany Stanley, Associated Press

A view of the gargoyles on the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington, Kentucky, on Jan. 8, 2026. (Credit: Jeff Dean/AP.)

A Kentucky cathedral called ‘America’s Notre Dame’ gets a rehab, gargoyles and all

Jan 23
Peter Smith,
Associated Press