Crux Now Taking the Catholic Pulse
- Pope tells consecrated men, women to continue path of synodality
by Elise Ann Allen on October 11, 2025 at 12:29 amThe pontiff's remarks on synodality were a distinctly Leonine riff on a keystone theme of his predecessor's pontificate, one observers thought would be buried with the Argentine Pope Francis.
- Brazil: Life week mobilizes Catholics, other Christians
by Eduardo Campos Lima on October 10, 2025 at 10:24 amCatholics and other Christians in Brazil are raising awareness and pushing back against what they say are efforts to circumvent the pro-life majority among the people and in the legislature.
- Leo XIV publishes first major document of pontificate
by Crux Staff on October 9, 2025 at 2:19 pmSigned in the Vatican on October 4, Dilexi te is formally known as an Apostolic Exhortation, begun by Pope Francis and dedicated to the broad subject of Christian duty to care for the poor.
- Pope Leo XIV to USCCB Migrants chair: “I will stand with you.”
by Elise Ann Allen on October 9, 2025 at 1:35 amThe audience came as tensions over US immigration policy and enforcement continued to rise, with reports of National Guard troops readying to deploy as soon as Wed. night to an ICE processing center near the pope's own native city, Chicago, IL.
- Starvation as weapon in war-torn Sudan
by Ngala Killian Chimtom on October 8, 2025 at 1:59 pmAn estimated 260,000 civilians, half of them children, are besieged in the Sudanese town of El Fasher, surrounded by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) loyal to one of two principal coup-leaders who have fallen out.