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Scapegoats, not thieves: Bishop blames politics and structural failure for South Africa’s anti-migrant violence

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Archbishop of Canterbury expresses solidarity with Pope Leo XIV in calling for peace in Iran

Apr 17
Associated Press

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, meets with Pakistan's Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir in Tehran, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Credit: Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP.)

Archbishop, others support Pakistan efforts to work for peace in Iran

Apr 16
Samy Magdy,
Associated Press

DC’s Cardinal McElroy calls Iran war ‘immoral’, calls for action

Apr 12
Christopher R. Altieri

U.S. Vice President JD Vance, center, walks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir, left, and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via AP.)

US and Iran end ceasefire talks and Vance heads home without an agreement

Apr 12
Munir Ahmed,
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.)

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

Apr 9
Fionn Shiner

Premium

A different sort of ‘Catholic Moment’ in US politics

Apr 9
Christopher R. Altieri

Bystanders try to comfort and assist a woman as she reacts near the site of a strike that, according to a security official at the scene, destroyed half of the Khorasaniha Synagogue and nearby residential buildings in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Pope Leo welcomes ceasefire between US, Israel, and Iran

Apr 8
Crux Now Staff

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

Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services U.S.A in an interview with Face the Nation on CBS on April 2, 2026. (Credit: Face the Nation.)

U.S. military archbishop doubts Iran war meets just war standard, urges obedience

Apr 3
Crux Now Staff

Pope opens Holy Week condemning war waged in Jesus’s name

Mar 29
Elise Ann Allen

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Scapegoats, not thieves: Bishop blames politics and structural failure for South Africa’s anti-migrant violence

May 1
Ngala Killian Chimtom

EXCLUSIVE: Latin patriarchate condemns ‘repulsive and barbaric’ attack on French nun in Jerusalem

May 1
Fionn Shiner

Catholic comic leans on faith as daughter battles brain cancer

May 1
Charles Collins

Vatican court deadline passes for prosecutors to deposit all evidence in financial trial

May 1
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press