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Is the honeymoon over for Leo XIV?

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Dolly the sheep dog rests in her home in Leicester, England. (Credit: Father Johannes Arens.)

Premium article: As annual blessing of animals takes place, some wonder: Will my pet go to heaven?

Oct 3
Charles Collins

MTP Kit containing one mifepristone and four misoprostol plus a blister strip of 10 extra miso. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

‘Give the money to struggling mothers’: Bishop slams Spain’s pro-abortion campaign

Oct 2
Fionn Shiner

Father Giacomo Costa, consultor of the General Secretariat of the Synod, from left, Gabriella Gambino, undersecretary of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, and Orietta Rachele Grazioli, a professor of canon and comparative family law, attend a news conference presenting Pope Leo XIV's meeting with the heads of the Eastern Churches and the presidents of the Episcopal Conferences, at the Vatican, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo seeks status update of Francis’s divisive look at divorced and remarried Catholics

Oct 2
Nicole Winfield

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva greets supporters in São Paulo, Brazil, on Sep. 26, 2026. (Credit: Allison Sales/AP.)

Our Lady of Aparecida emerges as key issue in race for Brazil’s presidency

Oct 2
Eduardo Campos Lima

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 in Quantico, Va. (Credit: Alex Wong/Pool Photo via AP.)

Pete Hegseth creates a Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs reporting directly to him

Oct 2
Tiffany Stanley

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Sept. 29, 2026. (Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.)

Supreme Court will hear dispute over a Kentucky church’s plan to build a shrine on residential land

Oct 2
Michael Kunzelman

A cross is silhouetted against a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans on Dec. 1, 2012. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

In a surprise move, Vermont’s Catholic Diocese seeks to dismiss its 2-year-old bankruptcy case

Oct 2
Kevin O'Connor/ VTDigger

Cardinal Blase Cupich presents former Chicago White Sox player Paul Konerko with a jersey signed by Pope Leo XIV during a ceremony honoring the 2005 World Series Champions before a baseball game between the Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox on July 12, 2025. (Credit: Erin Hooley/AP.)

With their playoff slump broken and a pope on their side, the White Sox want more this October

Oct 1
Kristie Rieken

The statue of Brazil's patron saint, the Virgin of Aparecida, stands behind glass inside the basilica named after her in the town of Aparecida, Brazil, July 23, 2013. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.)

What to know about the viral claim about Brazil’s patron saint jolting a tight presidential race

Oct 1
Eléonore Hughes

Premium article: The Manchester City cheating scandal makes it harder to find the good in soccer

Oct 1
Fionn Shiner

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Premium article: Is the honeymoon over for Leo XIV?

Oct 4
Christopher R. Altieri

Scotland’s Catholic bishops decry Green Party abortion push

Oct 4
Crux Now Staff

At least 17, most of them Catholic pilgrims, killed in a road crash on a highway in Kenya

Oct 3
Andrew Kasuku

Premium article: As annual blessing of animals takes place, some wonder: Will my pet go to heaven?

Oct 3
Charles Collins