Taking the Catholic Pulse

Support Us
About Us
- Contact Details
- Advertising

Samuel Petrequin

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
FAQs

Podcast:

Latest

Card. Kikuchi on what’s coming in the Leonine pontificate

In this handout photo provided by Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV exchanges gifts with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, as they meet in the pope’s private library at the Vatican, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media via AP.)

Rubio makes fence-mending visit to the Vatican after Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV

May 7
Nicole Winfield,
Matthew Lee

Pope Leo XIV signs the FAO Golden Book register of honor as he attends a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of World Food Day at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

A year in, what’s on Pope Leo XIV’s to-do list? And what has he done so far?

May 8
Nicole Winfield

Pontifical Swiss Guards prepare ahead of their swearing in ceremony, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

The Pontifical Swiss Guard’s newest recruits join the world’s oldest standing army, in photos

May 7
Andrew Medichini

Premium article: Leo XIV makes anniversary visit to Pompeii, Naples in footsteps of sainted local hero

May 8
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sept. 10, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Premium article: Card. Kikuchi on what’s coming in the Leonine pontificate

May 9
Nirmala Carvalho

Card. Poola: Leonine era continues under sign of peace

May 9
Crux Now Staff

Premium article: Pope spends anniversary afternoon in Naples, ‘city of a thousand colors’

May 9
Christopher R. Altieri

An elaborately decorated skeleton stands in the catholic monastery church of Banz in Bad Staffelstein, Germany, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Credit: Matthias Schrader/AP.)

Elaborately decorated skeletons in Catholic churches across Bavaria take some visitors by surprise

May 9
Kirsten Grieshaber

Author's Posts

Belgian bishops propose prayer for gay couples, not marriage

Sep 20, 2022
Nicole Winfield,
Samuel Petrequin

Orthodox head escapes EU sanctions thanks to Orban

Jun 3, 2022
Samuel Petrequin

Belgium: Mixed-race women lose crime against humanity suit

Dec 10, 2021
Samuel Petrequin

Women taken from African mothers by Belgium seek reparation

Oct 14, 2021
Samuel Petrequin

Women taken from African mothers by Belgium now want redress

Jul 1, 2020
Samuel Petrequin

Mixed-race women sue Belgium for placement in Church-run facilities

Jun 26, 2020
Samuel Petrequin

More yellow vest protests despite Notre Dame fire

Apr 19, 2019
Samuel Petrequin

French bishops agree to compensation for sex abuse victims

Feb 22, 2019
Samuel Petrequin

French judge refuses to block Catholic sex scandal movie

Feb 18, 2019
Samuel Petrequin