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Unidentified men convicted for their involvement in the 2019 Easter bombings are escorted to a prison in Colombo, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Credit: Eranga Jayawardena/AP.)

Sri Lankan court sentences 15 men to life in prison for roles in deadly 2019 Easter bombings

Sep 23
Krishan Francis

Sri Lanka police chief Pujith Jayasundara, left, leaves after an inspection of St. Anthony's Church, one of the sites of the Easter Day Explosions in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. (Credit: Eranga Jayawardena/AP.)

Two former Sri Lanka officials sentenced to death for negligence in deadly Easter bombings

Jul 31
Krishan Francis

Sri Lankan police officers secure the area of exploded St. Anthony’s Church on Easter Sunday attacks in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 28, 2019. (Credit: Eranga Jayawardena/AP.)

Sri Lanka police arrest former intelligence chief in connection with 2019 bombings

Feb 25
Krishan Francis,
Associated Press

Sri Lankan court summons ex-president over 2019 church bombings

Sep 16, 2022
Krishan Francis

Protests demand Sri Lanka leader resign over economic crisis

Apr 1, 2022
Krishan Francis

Sri Lankan bishops urge political unity amid economic crisis

Mar 31, 2022
Krishan Francis

Sri Lanka’s archbishop speaks out against activist’s arrest

Feb 15, 2022
Krishan Francis

Church: Talks on Sri Lankan blasts require gov’t credibility

Sep 1, 2021
Krishan Francis

Sri Lanka Catholic Church faults government’s bombing probe

Aug 13, 2021
Krishan Francis

Thousands of people gathered in the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis for the beatification Mass of Fulton J. Sheen.

Fulton J. Sheen declared Blessed in St. Louis

Sep 25
Crux Now Staff

Flag of Poland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Stabbing at Catholic convent in Poland leaves 1 person dead and 4 wounded

Sep 24
Associated Press

Seleka rebel group commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, left, speaks with lawyer Dov Jacobs in the courtroom during a hearing in the case in which he is accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed in Bangui in 2013, in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Credit: Remko De Waal/Pool Photo via AP.)

ICC convicts former Central African Republic Islamist militia commander of torture

Sep 24
Molly Quell

Artifacts and memorabilia depicting the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen are displayed in the Sheen Museum on July 15, 2026, in Peoria, Ill. (Credit: Jessie Wardarski/AP.)

Famed radio and TV Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified in St. Louis, a step away from sainthood

Sep 24
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Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd at the weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sep. 23, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo remembers Archbishop Fulton Sheen the day before media pioneer’s beatification

Sep 23
Crux Now Staff

Thousands of people gathered in the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis for the beatification Mass of Fulton J. Sheen.

Fulton J. Sheen declared Blessed in St. Louis

Sep 25
Crux Now Staff

Priests from various countries, members of the "Priests Against Genocide" network, carry a shroud bearing the names of 300 Palestinian and Lebanese children whom organizers say were killed by the Israeli military after ceasefires were declared, during a demonstration near St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Priests and nuns march to Vatican to demand end to ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Sep 23
Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte arrive in the St. Damasus Courtyard at the Vatican to meet with Pope Leo XIV, Friday, April 10, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

About 2,000 church sex abuse victims have come forward for reparations in France

Sep 23
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