Taking the Catholic Pulse
    • Elise Ann Allen
    • Christopher R. Altieri
    • Deirdre Brennan
    • Eduardo Campos Lima
    • Nirmala Carvalho
    • Ngala Killian Chimtom
    • Charles Collins
    • Paterno R. Esmaquel II
    • Fionn Shiner
    • Stephan Uttom Rozario
    • Vatican
    • U.S.
    • UK and Ireland
    • Middle East
    • Americas
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Oceania
    • Interviews
    • News Analysis
    • Videos
    • Podcast
    • Last Week in the Church
  • Support Us
  • About Us
    • Contact Details
    • Advertising

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Crux
© 2026 Crux Now Media, LLC
Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • About Crux
  • Contact Us
  • Advertising
  • Videos
  • Support Us
  • FAQs
Podcast:
  • Apple Podcasts
  • Spotify
  • Podcast Index
  • Amazon Music
  • Google Podcasts
  • TuneIn

Crux’s Newsletters

Today's top stories delivered straight into your inbox.

Sign In
Latest
‘Death with dignity’ is a siren call: It leads to disaster
(Credit: Unsplash.)
News Analysis

‘Death with dignity’ is a siren call: It leads to disaster

I almost died three years ago after suffering a severe cerebral hemorrhage stroke: As England once again debates legalizing assisted suicide, I know from experience there is no dignity in dying.

  • Jul 12
  • Charles Collins

Second arrest in Widdecombe murder probe after first man released

  • Jul 12
  • Crux Now Staff
News Analysis

Premium article: Never waste a crisis: SSPX consecrations could offer a roundabout way to ‘liturgical peace’

  • Jul 11
  • Christopher R. Altieri

Caritas, Catholic youth lead flood emergency response in Bangladesh

  • Jul 11
  • Stephan Uttom Rozario

Premium article: Philippine diocese eyes more Latin Masses after SSPX excommunication

  • Jul 11
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Spate of violence, intimidation across Indian state has communities, leaders wary

  • Jul 11
  • Nirmala Carvalho
A person holds Nigerian flags in Lagos, Nigeria, on Oct. 1, 2013. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Premium article: ‘Convert, pay a tax, or die’: Interview shows what is facing Nigerian Christians

  • Jul 9
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

Caritas, Catholic youth lead flood emergency response in Bangladesh

  • Jul 11
  • Stephan Uttom Rozario

Premium article: Philippine diocese eyes more Latin Masses after SSPX excommunication

  • Jul 11
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Spate of violence, intimidation across Indian state has communities, leaders wary

  • Jul 11
  • Nirmala Carvalho
A person holds Nigerian flags in Lagos, Nigeria, on Oct. 1, 2013. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Premium article: ‘Convert, pay a tax, or die’: Interview shows what is facing Nigerian Christians

  • Jul 9
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

Premium article: ‘Convert, pay a tax, or die’: Interview shows what is facing Nigerian Christians

  • Jul 9
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

‘Disheartening’: Attacks against Christians nearly double in Israel, territories, says report

  • Jul 8
  • Fionn Shiner

Archbishop of Rabat steps back during investigation into inappropriate behavior

  • Jul 9
  • Crux Now Staff

French Senate rejects assisted suicide bill for third time

  • Jul 8
  • Crux Now Staff

Latest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News Analysis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Collins

Charles Collins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elise Ann Allen

Elise Ann Allen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher R. Altieri

Christopher R. Altieri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most Read

  1.  

  2.  

  3.  

  4.  

  5.  

Support Crux indpendent journalism.

Police arrest man, 26, after murder investigation into death of Ann Widdecombe, prominent British politician and Catholic

  • Jul 10
  • Fionn Shiner

Ann Widdecombe, prominent British Catholic politician, dies

  • Jul 10
  • Fionn Shiner

Landslides kill at least 16 Rohingya in Bangladesh camp

  • Jul 8
  • Stephan Uttom Rozario

Premium article: On AI, bishop-elect is not all doom and gloom

  • Jul 7
  • Fionn Shiner
Filipino activist priest Father Robert Reyes holds a jar of exorcised salt meant to be sprinkled around the Philippine Senate building, July 4, 2026. (Credit: Paterno Esmaquel II.)

Premium article: Priests exorcise Philippine Senate ahead of Duterte impeachment trial

  • Jul 7
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Premium article: Leo XIV’s forward-looking Independence Day remarks channel Cardinal Gibbons

  • Jul 6
  • Christopher R. Altieri
Some of seven surface limestone-built tombs, discovered in the Marina-el-Alamein archeological site, as seen west of the city of Alexandria, Egypt. (Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities via AP.)

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert

  • Jul 6
  • Samy Magdy
Pope Leo XIV greets people in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 5, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope begins his summer break after decisive flexing of muscle on international and church stage

  • Jul 6
  • Nicole Winfield

Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release; Catholic still in prison

  • Jul 6
  • Didi Tang, 
    Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Premium article: July 4 weekend highlighted Leo’s complex relationship with his homeland(s)

  • Jul 5
  • Charles Collins

‘Toward a more perfect union’: Pope Leo XIV on 250 years of US independence

  • Jul 4
  • Crux Now Staff

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

  • Jul 4
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Andrea Rosa

News Analysis

(Credit: Unsplash.)

‘Death with dignity’ is a siren call: It leads to disaster

  • Jul 12
  • Charles Collins

Premium article: Never waste a crisis: SSPX consecrations could offer a roundabout way to ‘liturgical peace’

  • Jul 11
  • Christopher R. Altieri

Premium article: Leo XIV’s forward-looking Independence Day remarks channel Cardinal Gibbons

  • Jul 6
  • Christopher R. Altieri
Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Ambassador to to the Holy See Brian Burch and his wife, Sara, and their children, in the ambassador's residence in Rome, Italy, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. State Department.)

Premium article: July 4 weekend highlighted Leo’s complex relationship with his homeland(s)

  • Jul 5
  • Charles Collins

Premium article: Leo XIV’s Sts. Peter and Paul celebration sends subtle hints about ‘Synodality’

  • Jun 29
  • Christopher R. Altieri

Charles Collins

Charles Collins
Pope Leo XIV presides over a Mass marking the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi at Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, June 7, 2026, on the second day of his seven-day apostolic visit to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Premium article: Murder of Mozambique bishop highlights Christian persecution as Pope Leo visits Spain

  • Jun 7
  • Charles Collins
Maria Montserrat Alvarado with Pope Leo XIV. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Premium article: New appointment to Dicastery for Communication an opportunity to mend wounds in Vatican media

  • Jun 3
  • Charles Collins
Charles Collins speaks on CNN International on May 26, 2026. (Credit: CNN International.)

Reporting Catholic news to the secular world – the side hustle in Catholic media

  • May 31
  • Charles Collins
(Credit: Patrick Sison/AP.)

Premium article: Catholic tech pioneer says ‘most powerful technology ever invented’ must be developed responsibly

  • May 26
  • Charles Collins
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Las Cruces, New Mexico. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Premium article: Diocese of Las Cruces drops one lawsuit over allegedly stolen records, says others could be filed

  • May 26
  • Charles Collins

Elise Ann Allen

Elise Ann Allen

Pope returns to Rome on Spanish royal jet after tech issue grounds plane

  • Jun 12
  • Elise Ann Allen

Leo XIV to human traffickers: ‘Repent!’

  • Jun 12
  • Elise Ann Allen

In Canary Islands, pope puts a spotlight on tragedies of migration

  • Jun 11
  • Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo inaugurates new tower of Spain’s famed Sagrada Familia

  • Jun 10
  • Elise Ann Allen

Pope in Barcelona talks mental health, violence against women

  • Jun 10
  • Elise Ann Allen

Christopher R. Altieri

Christopher R. Altieri

DDF issues guidelines for return of SSPX clergy, laity to communion

  • Jul 2
  • Christopher R. Altieri

SSPX declared schismatic, clerics excommunicated

  • Jul 2
  • Christopher R. Altieri

Premium article: Diocese of Austin had allegations against sex offender priest years before arrest, conviction

  • Jun 8
  • Christopher R. Altieri

Odiong sentenced to life in prison, but questions remain over Church handling of case

  • Jun 3
  • Christopher R. Altieri

Premium article: Trump’s latest attack on Leo XIV isn’t really about the pope

  • Jun 2
  • Christopher R. Altieri

  1. Ann Widdecombe, prominent British Catholic politician, dies

  2. Never waste a crisis: SSPX consecrations could offer a roundabout way to ‘liturgical peace’

  3. Police arrest man, 26, after murder investigation into death of Ann Widdecombe, prominent British politician and Catholic

  4. Philippine diocese eyes more Latin Masses after SSPX excommunication

  5. ‘Death with dignity’ is a siren call: It leads to disaster

Police arrest man, 26, after murder investigation into death of Ann Widdecombe, prominent British politician and Catholic

  • Jul 10
  • Fionn Shiner

Landslides kill at least 16 Rohingya in Bangladesh camp

  • Jul 8
  • Stephan Uttom Rozario

Premium article: On AI, bishop-elect is not all doom and gloom

  • Jul 7
  • Fionn Shiner
Filipino activist priest Father Robert Reyes holds a jar of exorcised salt meant to be sprinkled around the Philippine Senate building, July 4, 2026. (Credit: Paterno Esmaquel II.)

Premium article: Priests exorcise Philippine Senate ahead of Duterte impeachment trial

  • Jul 7
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II
Some of seven surface limestone-built tombs, discovered in the Marina-el-Alamein archeological site, as seen west of the city of Alexandria, Egypt. (Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities via AP.)

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert

  • Jul 6
  • Samy Magdy
Pope Leo XIV greets people in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 5, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope begins his summer break after decisive flexing of muscle on international and church stage

  • Jul 6
  • Nicole Winfield

Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release; Catholic still in prison

  • Jul 6
  • Didi Tang, 
    Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

‘Toward a more perfect union’: Pope Leo XIV on 250 years of US independence

  • Jul 4
  • Crux Now Staff

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

  • Jul 4
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Andrea Rosa

Pope urges US to recommit to founding ideas of protecting life, human dignity on 250th anniversary

  • Jul 4
  • Nicole Winfield