Taking the Catholic Pulse

John Allen Jr.
Support Us
About Us

© 2025 Crux Now Media, LLC

Privacy & Cookie Policy

Taking the Catholic Pulse

About Crux
Contact Us
Advertising
Videos
Support Us

Podcast:

Quick Links

Currents News
Magisterium
Vulgate
VMR Communications
DeSales Media Group in the Diocese of Brooklyn

Latest

Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medically assisted suicide

Tag: Pope Leo XIV | Crux

Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in the St. Peter¥s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope meets with Italian secret agents and urges them to be ethical

Dec 13
Associated Press

On Guadalupe feast, pope prays for end to global, church division

Dec 12
Elise Ann Allen

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, arrives to meet with Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope criticizes US bid to ‘break apart’ US-Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace

Dec 10
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Pope Leo XIV wave to journalists during their meeting in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo for the third time

Dec 9
Paolo Santalucia,
Illia Novikov, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV leaves after praying in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary next to the Spanish Steps in Rome, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, on the Catholic Feast of the Immaculate Conception. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV gets into Christmas spirit with prayer for peace at Spanish Steps

Dec 9
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Leo’s first foreign trip an exercise in learning ‘how to pope’

Dec 8
Elise Ann Allen

Pope marks Marian feast urging believers to embrace God’s plan

Dec 8
Elise Ann Allen

At Vatican Christmas concert, Pope Leo XIV sings praises of music

Dec 7
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV to diplomats: ‘Holy See will not be a silent bystander’ amid challenges to peace

Dec 6
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV greets Canadian singer Michael Bublé after an audience Dec. 5 in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Song legend Michael Bublé meets Leo XIV, takes requests

Dec 6
Crux Staff

Latest Stories

Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medically assisted suicide

Dec 13
John O'Connor,
Associated Press

Anglican archbishop accused of sexual misconduct faces a church trial

Dec 13
Peter Smith,
Associated Press

Rare fresco of Jesus as the ‘Good Shepherd’ uncovered in Turkish town visited by the pope

Dec 13
Mehmet Guzel,
Andrew Wilks, Associated Press

Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids

Dec 13
Leah Willingham,
Associated Press