The skyline of downtown Minneapolis is shrouded in smoke on July 16, 2026. Smoke from wildfires in Minnesota and Canada is lowering air quality and visibility in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. Wildfires in Canada…
Catholic Charities workers in Minnesota distributed thousands of masks to vulnerable residents this week amid widespread smoke from raging wildfires both in Minnesota and in Canada. Data from the Canadian government shows more than 120…
The goal, the study’s authors say, is to more effectively identify candidates who shouldn’t become priests and to help candidates who should become priests prepare better for celibacy and parish life. A new study from…
The mother of Noelia Castillo, the young Spanish woman who last March was euthanized after a long lengthy battle with her father, has filed two criminal complaints against the alleged rapes Castillo suffered before her…
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Cardinal Oswald Gracias has high hopes for the Church, especially in Asia, noting “a certain self-confidence” that has gradually emerged among the continent’s bishops. In an exclusive interview with Crux Now, Gracias says the leaders…
The Palazzo Senatorio, Rome’s City Hall, is located at the Piazza del Campidoglio atop Rome’s Capitoline Hill. The declaration was signed on July 16, marking the conclusion of a three-day Vatican summit on AI security…
Following a long and complicated parliamentary battle, French MPs have now approved assisted suicide and euthanasia, sparking outrage from the country’s bishops. On Wednesday evening, the National Assembly – the lower house – approved the…
Elisabetta TrevisanPope Leo waves to the faithful during the July 12, 2026, Angelus at Castel Gandolfo. ‘The pope normally speaks as a head of the Church,’ papal expert Father Roberto Regoli told EWTN News.
Pope Leo XIV, who has restored the papal tradition of spending part of the summer at Castel Gandolfo, is set to attend a classical concert there on July 18. The “Concert in Honor of the…