Crux Exclusive: Card. Ambongo on historic AU partnership for ‘The Africa We Want’

In an exclusive interview with Crux, Card. Fridolin Ambongo says the new agreement is a favorable and decisive moment for the continent.

Feb 20
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The Cathedral of the Holy Cross over the Waters in Cádiz, Spain. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Full canonical penal process may be opened against Spanish bishop accused of sexual abuse

Feb 20
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The shadow of the crucifix surmounting his pastoral staff falls across Pope Leo XIV as he presides over Ash Wednesday Mass, marking the start of Catholic Lent, inside the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Breakaway Catholic group rejects Vatican talks, indicating collision course for pope

Feb 20
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Faithful attend Ash Wednesday Mass in Mother Teresa Cathedral in Pristina, Kosovo, on Feb. 18, 2026. (Credit: Laura Hasani/AP.)

Kosovo’s Catholics and Muslims mark Ash Wednesday and Ramadan in one week

Feb 20
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The smartphone apps DeepSeek page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Jan. 28, 2025. (Credit: Andy Wong/AP.)

News Analysis

Artificial Intelligence is growing fast, making the Church face new challenges

Feb 19
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Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for his open-air weekly general audience, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope’s grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa and beyond

Feb 19
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Gold crosses and statues adorn confessional rooms at St. Michael Archangel Catholic Church in Houston, on April 13, 2019. (Credit: Wong Maye-E/AP.)

Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

Feb 19
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Kosovo’s Catholics and Muslims mark Ash Wednesday and Ramadan in one week

Feb 20
Zana Cimili,
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News Analysis

Artificial Intelligence is growing fast, making the Church face new challenges

Feb 19
Charles Collins

Pope’s grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa and beyond

Feb 19
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

Feb 19
Giovanna Dell'Orto,
Associated Press

Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

Feb 19
Giovanna Dell'Orto,
Associated Press

The travertine quarries that built St. Peter’s Square are carving rock for Mormon temple

Feb 19
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Polish bishop on trial over alleged delays in reporting claims of child abuse by priests

Feb 19
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Associated Press

A look at the largest clergy abuse settlements reached by Catholic organizations in the US

Feb 19
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Venezuelan Church still struggles to unify its voice after US operation in Caracas

Feb 18
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India’s SC upholds lower court ruling in religious liberty restriction case

Feb 18
Nirmala Carvalho

Spanish archbishop calls burqa ‘discrimination against women’ while urging respect of religious beliefs

Feb 18
Fionn Shiner

Caritas Bangladesh, already active, seeks to do more

Feb 18
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New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras, the indulgent conclusion of Carnival season

Feb 18
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Feb 17
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New US policy on AI threatens industry disruption, puts US at loggerheads with Holy See

Feb 17
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Pope opens Lent condemning ‘structures of sin’, calling for conversion

Feb 18
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Vatican’s top diplomat says Holy See won’t join Board of Peace

Feb 18
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Diocese of Camden, NJ reaches $180 million abuse settlement

Feb 18
Crux Staff

Lion of Three Worlds: New book examines papal office at dawn of Leonine era

Feb 18
Charles Collins

Experts condemn income disparity as unjust in healthcare

Feb 18
Elise Ann Allen

Venezuelan Church still struggles to unify its voice after US operation in Caracas

Feb 18
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India’s SC upholds lower court ruling in religious liberty restriction case

Feb 18
Nirmala Carvalho

Spanish archbishop calls burqa ‘discrimination against women’ while urging respect of religious beliefs

Feb 18
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Caritas Bangladesh, already active, seeks to do more

Feb 18
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New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras, the indulgent conclusion of Carnival season

Feb 18
Sara Cline,
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News Analysis

Artificial Intelligence is growing fast, making the Church face new challenges

Feb 19
Charles Collins

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a thumbs up as he departs Munich International Airport in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, after attending the Munich Security Conference. (Credit: Alex Brandon/Pool photo via AP.)

Rubio’s speech on US-Europe relations finds parallels in Vatican-NATO relations

Feb 16
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV signs a baseball in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience June 4, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo uses Winter Olympics to define Church’s relationship with sport

Feb 10
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in the St. Peter¥s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo and the meaning of ‘manners’

Feb 3
Elise Ann Allen

Leo XIV’s remarks to Doctrine office give subtle signals

Feb 1
Christopher R. Altieri

Charles Collins

Lion of Three Worlds: New book examines papal office at dawn of Leonine era

Feb 18
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV receives officials of the Tribunal of Roman Rota for the inauguration of their judicial year in the Vatican on Jan. 26, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo says the Catholic Church cannot ‘relativize’ its teaching on marriage

Jan 27
Charles Collins

A van displaying a sign passes Big Ben as demonstrators both for and against assisted dying hold banners outside Parliament in London, Friday, June 20, 2025, as British lawmakers are set to vote Friday on whether to back a Bill to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales. (Credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP.)

Assisted Suicide bill opposed by Catholic bishops in Wales

Jan 16
Charles Collins

Pope Leo meeting with members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See in the Vatican on Jan. 9, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Persecution against Christians needs to be addressed, Pope Leo tells Vatican diplomats

Jan 9
Charles Collins

Families face crucial challenges today, including the right to life, Pope Leo tells diplomats

Jan 9
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Elise Ann Allen

Pope opens Lent condemning ‘structures of sin’, calling for conversion

Feb 18
Elise Ann Allen

Experts condemn income disparity as unjust in healthcare

Feb 18
Elise Ann Allen

Cuban bishop calls for dialogue amid protracted national crisis

Feb 17
Elise Ann Allen

Pope makes first visit to Roman parish, issuing call to humility and peace

Feb 15
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo prays for Madagascar, observes Lunar New Year

Feb 15
Elise Ann Allen

Christopher R. Altieri

New US policy on AI threatens industry disruption, puts US at loggerheads with Holy See

Feb 17
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President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Senior U.S. Church leaders call for presidential apology in wake of racist social media post

Feb 10
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope receives Courage International leadership delegation

Feb 7
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Father John Wauck blesses the coffin of John L. Allen Jr. on Jan. 26, 2026, in Sant’Eugenio basilica in Rome. (Credit: YouTube.)

Funeral held in Rome for John L. Allen Jr., founding editor-in-chief of Crux

Jan 27
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Crux Exclusive: Card. Ambongo on historic AU partnership for ‘The Africa We Want’

Full canonical penal process may be opened against Spanish bishop accused of sexual abuse

Breakaway Catholic group rejects Vatican talks, indicating collision course for pope

Kosovo’s Catholics and Muslims mark Ash Wednesday and Ramadan in one week

Artificial Intelligence is growing fast, making the Church face new challenges

Pope’s grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa and beyond

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Kosovo’s Catholics and Muslims mark Ash Wednesday and Ramadan in one week

Artificial Intelligence is growing fast, making the Church face new challenges

Pope’s grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa and beyond

Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

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Pope opens Lent condemning ‘structures of sin’, calling for conversion

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Venezuelan Church still struggles to unify its voice after US operation in Caracas

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Spanish archbishop calls burqa ‘discrimination against women’ while urging respect of religious beliefs

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