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Facing $9 million deficit, Lourdes launches online pilgrimage

Jul 5, 2020

Organizers are presenting this as the first world-wide online pilgrimage, and the scope is to help address a $9 million deficit.

By Inés San Martín

Legalization of abortion produced ‘identity crisis’ for pro-life Irish Catholics

Jul 4, 2020

Jonathon Van Maren is the author of ‘Patriots: The Untold Story of Ireland s Pro-Life Movement’ and spoke to Crux about Ireland after legalized abortion.

By Charles C. Camosy

Pope’s ‘Reform 2.0’ relies on Italians to fix an Italian problem

Jul 4, 2020

In Francis’s new “Reform 2.0,” which has come into focus over the last four months or so, the assumption is almost exactly the opposite: If you have an Italian problem, then you need your own Italians to fix it.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Church leaders in India condemn deaths of father, son after police beatings

Jul 3, 2020

Four police officers have been arrested over the deaths in custody of a father and son who were detained for keeping their mobile phone shop open during coronavirus lockdown in southern India, police said Thursday.

By Nirmala Carvalho

Catholic activists warn of new family separation policy

Jul 3, 2020

Following a federal judge’s order that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement release all children who have been held in custody for more than 20 days, Catholic advocacy groups say the situation is “more urgent and complex than it appears.”

By Nick Mayrand

Nicaragua bishops indirectly rebuke Ortega over handling of coronavirus

Jul 2, 2020

ROSARIO, Argentina – As the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, is being accused of turning a blind eye to country’s COVID-19 pandemic, the Catholic Church is asking politicians to place the interests of the nation before their own. “Today, we need men

By Inés San Martín