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Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

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Church in UK and Ireland

Lyra McKee's sister Nichola Corner, center, speaks to the media outside Belfast Crown Court in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where Paul McIntyre, Peter Cavanagh, and Jordan Gareth Devine have been found not guilty in a non-jury trial of the murder of a journalist Lyra McKee, on July 3, 2026. (Credit: PA via AP.)

3 men acquitted in killing of journalist shot while covering Northern Ireland protest

Jul 4
Brian Melley

A van displaying a sign passes Big Ben as demonstrators both for and against assisted dying hold banners outside Parliament in London, Friday, June 20, 2025, as British lawmakers are set to vote Friday on whether to back a Bill to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales. (Credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP.)

British archbishop ‘deeply disappointed’ at reintroduction of assisted suicide bill to parliament

Jun 16
Fionn Shiner

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.)

Premium article: British bishop tells Crux Now that demographic decline shows that people have lost hope in the future

Jun 8
Fionn Shiner

Easter Vigil Mass celebrated by Archbishop John Wilson, at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, on April 4, 2026. (Credit: Archdiocese of Southwark.)

Premium article: Defense of life is a cornerstone of civilization, says British archbishop in interview

May 20
Fionn Shiner

Pedro Ballester, seen here with Pope Francis, died in 2018. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Premium article: ‘More incisive than the pope’: Bishop dreaded the grilling he got during hospital visits to a potential young saint

May 18
Fionn Shiner

The parliamentary building in the Republic of Ireland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Irish parliament defeats bill seeking to remove abortion waiting period

May 16
Fionn Shiner

An aerial view of Wembley stadium in London, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (Credit: Frank Augstein/AP.)

Premium article: UK Liberal Democrats admit unlawful discrimination against Christian candidate who says he faced ‘Mao-style’ interrogation

May 2
Fionn Shiner

St. Mary’s Catholic Church is in Husbands Bosworth, England. (Credit: Charles Collins/Crux Now.)

Premium article: Visiting an Ordinariate parish in England as new Archbishop of Canterbury visits Rome

Apr 27
Charles Collins

Norbertine Abbot Hugh Allan. (Credit: England and Wales bishops' conference.)

The Church should worry about shortage of people before shortage of priests, says England’s director of mission

Apr 3
Fionn Shiner

The Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Effort to legalize assisted suicide rejected by parliament in Scotland

Mar 18
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Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield,
Andrea Rosa

Pope urges US to recommit to founding ideas of protecting life, human dignity on 250th anniversary

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

3 men acquitted in killing of journalist shot while covering Northern Ireland protest

Jul 4
Brian Melley