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San Agustin parish church in Barcelona, Spain. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Premium article: Inside the Barcelona homeless shelter the Pope will visit

Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Barcelona will include some of the city’s famous sites. He will also visit a parish in the El Raval district in central Barcelona, where many of the diocese’s charitable organizations will be present.

May 22
Fionn Shiner

A poster of slain environmentalist Juan López hangs in his home as a state-assigned bodyguard watches over the López family, in Tocoa, Honduras, Dec. 6, 2024. (Credit: Moises Castillo/AP.)

One of the masterminds behind killing of Catholic activist arrested in Honduras

May 22
Eduardo Campos Lima

Vice President Sara Duterte leads the celebration of the 84th Day of Valor in Davao City, Philippines, April 9, 2026. (Credit: Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook.)

Filipino Evangelicals seek fair Duterte trial, flood control corruption probe

May 21
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Vatican turns attention to Cuba amid heighted tensions with US

May 21
Elise Ann Allen

A miner launches a firecracker at police during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, May 18, 2026. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.)

Amid major social unrest, Church tries to mediate talks in Bolivia

May 21
Eduardo Campos Lima

Bishop John Tatah Berinyuy, auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, poses for a portrait in Bamenda, Cameroon, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (Credit: Welba Yamo Pascal/AP.)

Premium article: From captivity to the Cathedral: An interview with Cameroon’s new bishop

May 21
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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May 7
Deirdre Brennan

Vatican turns attention to Cuba amid heighted tensions with US

May 21
Elise Ann Allen

A miner launches a firecracker at police during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, May 18, 2026. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.)

Amid major social unrest, Church tries to mediate talks in Bolivia

May 21
Eduardo Campos Lima

Bishop John Tatah Berinyuy, auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, poses for a portrait in Bamenda, Cameroon, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (Credit: Welba Yamo Pascal/AP.)

Premium article: From captivity to the Cathedral: An interview with Cameroon’s new bishop

May 21
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Publisher’s Note: Why Reader Support Matters More Than Ever

May 7
Deirdre Brennan

Publisher’s Note: Why Reader Support Matters More Than Ever

May 7
Deirdre Brennan

Kenya’s professional mourners help grieving families and keep tradition alive

May 20
Åsa Wallin

Many Catholics mourning the loss of late-night host Stephen Colbert’s show

May 20
Mark Kennedy,
Associated Press

Catholic leaders say fear grips eastern DRC over Ebola virus outbreak

May 20
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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Premium article: From captivity to the Cathedral: An interview with Cameroon’s new bishop
Kyiv holds a funeral for 2 young sisters killed by a Russian missile strike

A man kneels next to the coffins of sisters Liubava and Vira Yakovleva, killed by a Russian rocket strike during their funeral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 19, 2026. (Credit: Evygeniy Maloletka/AP.)

Kyiv holds a funeral for 2 young sisters killed by a Russian missile strike

May 20
Hanna Arhirova,
Vasilisa Stepanenko

Catholic bishops of Pakistan meet with Pope Leo XIV on May 15, 2026 in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pakistan bishop tells Crux Now meeting with Pope Leo was ‘fruitful’

May 20
Nirmala Carvalho

Easter Vigil Mass celebrated by Archbishop John Wilson, at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, on April 4, 2026. (Credit: Archdiocese of Southwark.)

Premium article: Defense of life is a cornerstone of civilization, says British archbishop in interview

May 20
Fionn Shiner

Killings related to land disputes in Brazil doubled in 2025, church organization reports

May 19
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Credit{ Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25

May 18
Nicole Winfield

Pedro Ballester, seen here with Pope Francis, died in 2018. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Premium article: ‘More incisive than the pope’: Bishop dreaded the grilling he got during hospital visits to a potential young saint

May 18
Fionn Shiner

From left, Elisabetta Magnanti and Mark Faulkner from Dublin's Trinity College and Valentina Longo of Rome's National Central Library look at a manuscript containing a rare, long-lost copy of Caedmon's Hymn, the first poem ever to be written down in Old English, at Rome's National Library, Thursday, May 8, 2026. (Credit: Andrea Rosa/AP.)

Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval Catholic book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem

May 18
Andrea Rosa

Dorothea and Billy Ohlandt, from North Carolina, arrive at Rededicate 250, a mostly conservative Christian prayer gathering in honor of the United States' 250th anniversary, on the National Mall, Sunday, May 17, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

Thousands flocked to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally

May 18
Tiffany Stanley

Leo XIV at Regina Caeli: Putting humanity first in the AI age

May 17
Christopher R. Altieri

Premium article: In the AI revolution, Leo XIV wants a third way between Terminator and Wall-E

May 17
Charles Collins

Pope to visit France in September with a stop at UNESCO

May 16
Associated Press

Premium article: New Orleans kept accused priest in pulpit despite complaints: misconduct ‘involved adults’, archdiocese admits

May 16
Christopher R. Altieri

A man kneels next to the coffins of sisters Liubava and Vira Yakovleva, killed by a Russian rocket strike during their funeral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 19, 2026. (Credit: Evygeniy Maloletka/AP.)

Kyiv holds a funeral for 2 young sisters killed by a Russian missile strike

May 20
Hanna Arhirova,
Vasilisa Stepanenko

Catholic bishops of Pakistan meet with Pope Leo XIV on May 15, 2026 in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pakistan bishop tells Crux Now meeting with Pope Leo was ‘fruitful’

May 20
Nirmala Carvalho

Easter Vigil Mass celebrated by Archbishop John Wilson, at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, on April 4, 2026. (Credit: Archdiocese of Southwark.)

Premium article: Defense of life is a cornerstone of civilization, says British archbishop in interview

May 20
Fionn Shiner

Killings related to land disputes in Brazil doubled in 2025, church organization reports

May 19
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Credit{ Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25

May 18
Nicole Winfield

Pedro Ballester, seen here with Pope Francis, died in 2018. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Premium article: ‘More incisive than the pope’: Bishop dreaded the grilling he got during hospital visits to a potential young saint

May 18
Fionn Shiner

Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval Catholic book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem

May 18
Andrea Rosa

Thousands flocked to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally

May 18
Tiffany Stanley

Leo XIV at Regina Caeli: Putting humanity first in the AI age

May 17
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope to visit France in September with a stop at UNESCO

May 16
Associated Press

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A human on the starliner in Wall-E. (Credit: Pixar.)

Premium article: In the AI revolution, Leo XIV wants a third way between Terminator and Wall-E

May 17
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV speaks to reporters as he leaves the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on March 31, 2026. (Credit: Gregoria Borgia/AP.)

Premium article: Pope Leo says there are more important subjects than sexuality, but that won’t stop the conversation

May 12
Charles Collins

Premium article: Leo XIV’s ‘January’ year tells much about his governing program

May 10
Christopher R. Altieri

President Donald Trump walks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to speak with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

Premium article: Rubio walks diplomatic tightrope as Trump attacks Pope Leo

May 6
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate Mass at Yaounde Ville Airport, Cameroon, Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the sixth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Premium article: Tea leaves take on many colors in pope’s response to question on gay blessings

Apr 26
Charles Collins

Charles Collins

Members stand to show image of Church Life Africa in Nigeria. (Credit: Augustine Institute.)

Premium article: New program set up to teach lay catechists for growing Catholic population in Africa

May 15
Charles Collins

The Basilica of San Albino in Mesilla, New Mexico. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Premium article: Thousands of diocesan documents stolen in Diocese of Las Cruces; head of Voice of the Laity allegedly involved

May 11
Charles Collins

(Credit: Voice of the Faithful.)

Premium article: Questions about the Neocatechumenal Way persist in New Mexico diocese

May 10
Charles Collins

Jen Fulwiler and her daughter Lane. (Credit: Fulwiler family.)

Premium article: Catholic comic leans on faith as daughter battles brain cancer

May 1
Charles Collins

Bishop Peter Baldacchino speaks at the Frank O’Brien Papen Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Sept. 24, 2025. (Credit: Voice of the Laity YouTube.)

Premium article: Bishop crashing a laity meeting in Las Cruces draws attention to Neocatechumenal Way

Apr 30
Charles Collins

Elise Ann Allen

Vatican turns attention to Cuba amid heighted tensions with US

May 21
Elise Ann Allen

Interview: Israeli envoy says Christian presence in Middle East must be preserved

May 5
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV on the papal plane from Equatorial Guinea to Rome on April 23, 2026. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux Now.)

On way back to Rome, Pope Leo condemns state executions in Iran

Apr 23
Elise Ann Allen

Pope’s last day in Equatorial Guinea a tale of tensions

Apr 23
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV's first public event in Equatorial Guinea on April 21, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope visits psychiatric hospital in Equatorial Guinea, urges love over stigma

Apr 21
Elise Ann Allen

Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray the Regina Caeli on Sunday, 10 May 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Leo XIV at Regina Caeli: Putting humanity first in the AI age

May 17
Christopher R. Altieri

Archbishop Gregory Aymond, of New Orleans, listens during a news conference at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Nov. 12, 2013. (Credit: Patrick Semansky/AP.)

Premium article: New Orleans kept accused priest in pulpit despite complaints: misconduct ‘involved adults’, archdiocese admits

May 16
Christopher R. Altieri

Father Anthony Odiong, 57, arrested on 16 July 2024. (Credit: Waco Police.)

Premium article: Questions abound as sex crimes trial looms for priest in Texas

May 13
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope spends anniversary afternoon in Naples, ‘city of a thousand colors’

May 9
Christopher R. Altieri

Premium article: Leo XIV makes anniversary visit to Pompeii, Naples in footsteps of sainted local hero

May 8
Christopher R. Altieri