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Special Olympics in Rome show that sports can change the world
- May 21, 2016
ROME—After using the Rugby World Cup in 1992 to unify his segregated nation, South African President Nelson Mandela said, “Sports have the power to change the world.” Year after year, Special Olympics do just that – not for politically scarred countries, but for thousands of men and women with disabilities

By Inés San Martín
World must respond to ISIS genocide, U.N. conference hears
- Apr 30, 2016
The U.N. estimates that more than half of Syria’s pre-civil war population of about 22.1 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Four million Syrian refugees now live outside of their homeland. Overall, at least 8 million people have been displaced throughout the region, human rights organizations estimate.

By Catholic News Service
Editor's note on day one of 'Crux 2.0'
- Apr 1, 2016
Today marks the first day of Crux’s new partnership with the Knights of Columbus, after 18 months as a site sponsored by The Boston Globe. Internally, we’ve been referring tongue-in-cheek to our new incarnation as “Crux 2.0”, and above all else I want to thank our readers for sticking with

By John L. Allen Jr.

Crux will continue with the Knights of Columbus as its partner

Mar 15, 2016

Crux will live to see another day. Veteran Vatican reporter John L. Allen Jr., associate editor of Crux, and the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, have announced that they will enter into a partnership in which Crux will remain an independent news outlet headed by Allen and Vatican

By Crux Staff

Report insists ISIS is guilty of ‘genocide’ against Christians

Mar 10, 2016

A major report released Thursday by two US-based Christian organizations argues for including Iraqi, Syrian, and Libyan Christians as victims of genocide perpetrated by ISIS, ahead of a March 17 deadline for the US State Department to make a finding about whether, and to which categories of ISIS victims, the

By John L. Allen Jr.