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From left; Father Michael J.K. Fuller, Archbishop Timothy Broglio and Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore conduct the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops plenary assembly in Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Credit: Stephanie Scarbrough/AP.)

US bishops officially ban gender-transition care at Catholic hospitals

Nov 13
Tiffany Stanley,
Associated Press

USCCB elects new president, vice-president at fall plenary

Nov 12
Crux Staff

The Fall Assembly for the U.S. Bishops Conference takes place in Baltimore on Nov. 17, 2021. (Credit: Julio Cortez/AP.)

US Catholic bishops will elect a new leader and contend with Trump’s immigration tactics

Nov 11
Tiffany Stanley,
Associated Press

This photo by Mario Sanchez shows a bus that was carrying teens and young adults returning from a church camp overturning after it lost control and tipped on its side on a two-lane highway on Nov. 9, 2025, near Running Springs, California. (Credit: AP.)

20 taken to hospitals after bus returning from church camp overturns on winding California road

Nov 11
Amy Taxin,
Christopher Weber, Associated Press

Vice President VP Vance with his wife Usha Vance are seen at Marine Corps Base Camp in Camp Pendleton, California, on Oct. 18, 2025. (Credit: Gregory Bull/AP.)

JD Vance hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity, sparking debate on interfaith marriage

Nov 9
Deepa Bharath,
Associated Press

The Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Faith leaders condemn a Pennsylvania Halloween parade float with an Auschwitz sign

Nov 4
Mark Scolforo,
Associated Press

J. D. Vance and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 15, 2024. (Credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP.)

US VP Vance faces criticism after saying he hopes his wife becomes Christian

Nov 2
Nirmala Carvalho

Erika Kirk reacts after President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of freedom to her murdered husband Charlie Kirk in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct. 14, 2025. (Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP.)

Erika Kirk’s words spotlight forgiveness in a divided nation

Oct 30
Deepa Bharath,
Associated Press

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, gestures during a Nov. 15, 2022, news conference after being elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the fall general assembly of the bishops in Baltimore. (Credit: Bob Roller/CNS.)

US bishops’ leader: Shutdown consequences ‘catastrophic’ for neediest

Oct 30
Crux Staff

Police tape blocks the door of the rectory of St. John the Baptist Church in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska. (Credit: Josh Funk/AP.)

Man pleads guilty to killing Catholic priest who was stabbed in his rectory in Nebraska

Oct 29
Josh Funk,
Associated Press

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On AI, Leo XIV wants the Church to listen and to speak

Nov 16
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Advocates call National Convention as India’s Christians face surge in persecution, harassment

Nov 16
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Pope Leo XIV: Angelus appeals for persecuted Christians, peace in Ukraine, victims of road accidents, abuse survivors

Nov 16
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates cinema with Hollywood stars and urges inclusion of marginal voices

Nov 15
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