Crux Now Taking the Catholic Pulse
- ‘Firefighters battling Europe’s wildfires need spiritual care,’ Netherlands’ first fire chaplain tells Crux Now
by Fionn Shiner on August 18, 2026 at 12:39 pmSpeaking to Crux Now, fire chaplain Leon Bal said firefighters need acute spiritual support as they carry on in the face of trauma, guilt, and loss.
- Vatican’s agreement with China is a “deal with the devil”, Catholic Lord tells Crux Now
by Fionn Shiner on August 18, 2026 at 11:45 amLord David Alton, a key signatory to a religious freedom petition sponsored by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), spoke with Crux Now ahead of the petition's release, as did John Pontifex of ACN.
- Archbishop of Westminster joins push for international religious freedom
by Crux Now Staff on August 18, 2026 at 11:39 amArchbishop Richard Moth of Westminster released a statement on Tuesday in support of Aid to the Church in Need’s petition calling on countries to defend religious liberty.
- Indonesian archbishop gives first-hand account of quake as Caritas, faithful respond to emergency
by Nirmala Carvalho on August 16, 2026 at 5:13 pm“It was terrible,” Archbishop Paulus Boedhie Kleden told Crux Now, "the magnitude and length of this earthquake were unlike anything I have felt before.”
- Pope appeals for persecuted Palestinian Christians as violence continues
by Christopher R. Altieri on August 16, 2026 at 1:09 pmThe village of Taybeh has seen increasingly intense and frequently violent incursions by Israeli settlers over the past several months, leading the Israeli military last week to declare the town closed to non-residents.