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Parolin and Russian Foreign Minister discuss Middle East, Ukraine
- Global Church
- August 22, 2017
Vatican Secretary of State, Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed a vast array of topics during their meeting on August 22. On the agenda were the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, religious freedom and violence in Venezuela.
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As a Church, we should value new and existing members
- Commentary
- August 22, 2017
Famous convert G.K. Chesterton once said the genius of the Church is that it doesn’t compromise, but embraces the extremes. His words should be remembered when we talk about converts to Catholicism, and the gifts they bring; which are often different than the gifts of cradle Catholics.
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Why can’t pro-Life Democrats stay out of the news?
- Church in the US, Commentary
- August 22, 2017
Nearly 20 million Democrats identify as pro-life. Millions more identify as pro-choice but nevertheless favor restrictions (like a 20-week limit) that abortion rights activists find anathema. So why do pro-life Democrats have so little influence in the party?
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Editor’s note: Crux announces two new members of the family
- Analysis
- August 21, 2017
Crux announces the addition of two new members to our family. Christopher White joins us as our new national correspondent, based in New York but also spending time in Washington, tracking the interplay between faith and public life — including the intersection between Pope Francis and President Donald Trump. Killian Chimtom is our new Africa correspondent, based in Cameroon but covering the whole continent, bringing stories of the world’s most rapidly growing Catholic continent.
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Organizer hopes Pope’s trip to Chile triggers ‘revolution of affection’
- Interviews
- July 15, 2017
According to one of the organizers of Pope Francis’s upcoming January outing to Chile and Peru, the trip couldn’t come at a better time, offering the hope of a “revolution of affection” for a society in Chile increasingly caught up both in national tensions and also cross-border disputes with its neighbors, any of which could turn violent.
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Cardinal Schönborn: Moral theology needs both principles and prudence
- Commentary
- July 15, 2017
Pope Francis has declared Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna to be the “authoritative interpreter” of ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ the papal document on marriage and family. Schönborn spent hours explaining it during a visit to Ireland this week.
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