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Pope Leo meets families of youth lost to illegal toxic waste dumping in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’
Pope Leo XIV rides on his popemobile during his one-day pastoral visit in Acerra, Italy, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Credit: Salvatore Laporta/AP.)

Pope Leo meets families of youth lost to illegal toxic waste dumping in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday greeted one by one families who lost loved ones to illegal toxic dumping in an area near Naples, as many paused to share photographs and other mementos of children and young people who have died or are battling cancer.

  • May 23
  • Silvia Stellacci, 
    Associated Press
Sisters of Nirmala Shishu Bhavan children’s home of the Missionaries of Charity wave at the cavalcade of Secretary of State Marco Rubio after his visit, in Kolkata, India, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool photo via AP.)

Rubio visits Missionaries of Charity on the first day of his visit to India

  • May 23
  • Nirmala Carvalho
San Agustin parish church in Barcelona, Spain. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

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

  • 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

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
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
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

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
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

Filipino Evangelicals seek fair Duterte trial, flood control corruption probe

  • May 21
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II

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  • May 21
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

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  • May 20
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Kenya’s professional mourners help grieving families and keep tradition alive

  • May 20
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This image released by CBS shows host Stephen Colbert on the set of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in New York on May 6, 2026. (Credit: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via AP.)

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

  • May 20
  • Mark Kennedy, 
    Associated Press
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
A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Credit: Hajarah Nalwadda/AP.)

Catholic leaders say fear grips eastern DRC over Ebola virus outbreak

  • May 20
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom
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

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
This image released by CBS shows host Stephen Colbert on the set of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in New York on May 6, 2026. (Credit: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via AP.)

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

  • May 20
  • Mark Kennedy, 
    Associated Press
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
A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Credit: Hajarah Nalwadda/AP.)

Catholic leaders say fear grips eastern DRC over Ebola virus outbreak

  • May 20
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom
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

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