Despite risks, Iraqis want Pope Francis to go ahead with visit
- Mar 4, 2021
Vatican II
- Home
- Vatican II
Author says New Evangelization must tackle ‘transmission crisis’
- Dec 21, 2020
Stephen Bullivant is both a sociologist and theologian, and this gives him insight why so many people are leaving the Catholic Church.
Bologna’s Lercaro pointed to a papacy 50 years before its time
- Aug 21, 2020
In a sense, Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro of Bologna could have been Pope Francis a half-century before the fact, since he was a serious candidate to be pope in the 1962 conclave, reportedly drawing around 20 votes at his peak, before giving way to St. Paul VI instead.
60 years ago, a Pope met a Jewish icon and the world changed
- Jun 14, 2020
It was June 13, 1960, when a distinguished French Jewish historian, intellectual and educator named Jules Isaac met St. John XXIII in a Vatican audience.
Pope Francis uses liturgy to help ‘hear the voice of the Lord and feel welcomed’
- Jan 25, 2020
Monsignor Kevin Irwin believes that liturgy can aid priests in having the smell of the sheep.
Dispute ideas, pope tells theologians, but don’t confuse the faithful
- Nov 30, 2019
Theologians must explore and debate disputed questions, at times even taking “risks” with what they propose, but those discussions should take place within the academy so as not to confuse the faithful, Pope Francis said.
On Catholicism, Key West, and taking comfort in the present
- Nov 10, 2019
One way the Catholic instinct seeps through in Key West is a tendency among locals to compare the present state of the place unfavorably to a half-remembered, half-imagined past.
In a secondary sense, Pope Francis delivers another homage to St. John XXIII
- Nov 2, 2019
There’s a sense in which the Francis papacy can be understood as a sort of salsa-infused homage to St. John XXIII.
New film beckons thoughts of John Paul II, synods, and global perspective
- Oct 25, 2019
What every bishop I’ve ever spoken to who’s taken part in a Vatican synod would say, and I mean unanimously, is this: The experience helped them think in a more global way about the vicissitudes of the Church.
Most Read
Latest Stories
Quick Links
Currents News The Tablet DeSales Media Group in the Diocese of Brooklyn Angelus News The Catholic Channel on Sirius XM Catholic Standard Catholic TV
About Crux
We’re a news site dedicated to offering the very best in smart, wired and independent coverage of the Vatican and the Catholic Church.
Connect with us
Latest
© 2021 Crux Catholic Media Inc. 
