A group session underway at Bailasan with Sister Lorena Saenz. Bailasan, championed by the Latin Patriarchate and Aid to the Church in Need, has already helped hundreds of people.
Gyorgy DemkoA sea of rainbow flags during a Miami Pride Parade. COMMENTARY: Toledo Bishop Daniel Thomas’ pastoral letter is a must-read for all Catholics.
Left: John Everett Millais, “Joan of Arc,” 1865. Right: A.F. Bradley, “Portrait of Mark Twain,” 1907. COMMENTARY: Though known as America’s great humorist, Twain called his novel on Joan of Arc the ‘best of all my… How St. Joan of Arc Won Mark Twain’s Skeptical Heart
Maxim ElramsisyCharlie Kirk speaks July 15, 2024, at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. COMMENTARY: Of all the diabolical smears in the world, none have the sticking power of false witness, when people want to… The Catholic Church Should Be Doing What Charlie Kirk Did
Chad Davis, CC BY 4.0Police gather at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025, following a mass shooting that killed two children and injured 17 others, 14 of them children. Fletcher Merkel, 8,… Mothers Urge Lawmakers to Ban Assault Weapons After Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting
VATICAN CITY — Defense lawyers in the Holy See’s “trial of the century” asked the Vatican prosecutor to recuse himself from the appeals trial Monday, arguing he was implicated in questionable behavior according to years… Defense in Vatican ‘trial of the century’ asks prosecutor to recuse himself for questionable conduct
Courtesy photoFather Linh Bui celebrating Mass. In addition to the brain injury, Father Bui also suffered chest trauma, a collapsed lung, and arterial bleeding.
By now most regular Crux readers, and much of the rest of the world, knows that Pope Leo XIV gave the first official interview of his papacy to me for my new biography of him,… Roman notebook: What it’s like to interview the pope
On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV greeted representatives of various Catholic associations engaged in works of solidarity with the people of the Gaza Strip. “Dear friends, I appreciate your initiative and many others throughout the Church… Pope Leo says ‘violence, forced exile, or revenge’ not a solution in Holy Land
YUNGAS, Bolivia — Cielo Torres had always lived in Bolivia. Yet before moving at age 17 to the remote town of Tocaña — where much of the country’s Afro-descendant community lives — she had rarely encountered people… Afro-descendants in Bolivia fight invisibility with dance and memory