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Returning to Rome on Tuesday night after a short stay in nearby town of Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV called for an end to the arms trade “that goes behind every war.” cruxnow.com/vatican/2025/0…
Christ is not absent from Gaza, says Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. cruxnow.com/church-in-the-…
Western countries of exploiting Africa's resources, triggering conflict, and then returning with aid as a "palliative,” according to a leading Catholic official. cruxnow.com/church-in-afri…
Israel’s actions in Gaza are “inexcusable,” according to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. cruxnow.com/church-in-the-…
Israel says peace in Gaza can happen “today”, but Hamas must release its Israeli hostages and relinquish its military and governing powers in Gaza, according to Yaron Sideman, the Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See. cruxnow.com/church-in-the-…
Nigeria’s legal system is imposing systematic restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, specifically with its use of blasphemy laws in 12 Nigerian states, according to a statement from USCIRF. cruxnow.com/church-in-afri…
At least 20 people were killed in Bangladesh after an air force training jet crashed into the Milestone School and College in Dhaka, the capital of the South Asia nation. A leading Cardinal says he is "deeply saddened" by the tragedy. cruxnow.com/church-in-asia…
In England, six people were arrested after protests took place a hotel used to house asylum seekers in the eastern county of Essex. British bishops say more must be done to support asylum seekers. cruxnow.com/church-in-uk-a…
In a telephone conversation with President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine on Monday, Pope Leo XIV repeated his appeal for international humanitarian law to be fully respected. According to the Vatican, the conversation between the two lea... cruxnow.com/vatican/2025/0…
Three months after the formal suppression of all branches of a Peru-based lay group, victims are both celebrating some significant victories, while also lamenting the slow pace of ecclesial justice. cruxnow.com/church-in-the-…
More than 3,000 people were killed in Haiti during the first six months of this year, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. cruxnow.com/church-in-the-…
Pope Leo XIV called for an “immediate halt to the barbarism of the war and for a peaceful resolution of the conflict” during his Angelus speech in Castel Gandolfo on Sunday. cruxnow.com/vatican/2025/0…
On Friday evening, Pope Leo XIV spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a tank hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing three people. cruxnow.com/news-analysis/…
In the spiritual life, it’s easier to unmask and dismantle the objections against prayer that are brought up by our fallen world and fallen hearts. Arguments are easy to deal with and debate. Points are made, but counterpoints are given. cruxnow.com/commentary/202…
A Catholic canon lawyer is urging the bishops of Cameroon to publicly oppose President Paul Biya's bid for an 8th term, just a day after the 92-year-old leader submitted his candidacy papers on July 17. cruxnow.com/church-in-afri…
On Friday, Pope Leo XIV spoke to Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, about the situation in the Gaza Strip, where on Thursday the area’s only Catholic church was hit by Israel. cruxnow.com/church-in-the-…
Christian leaders in the Holy Land say they “strongly denounce” the Israeli attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, which happened on Thursday. cruxnow.com/church-in-the-…
Catholic leaders in Nigeria offer contrasting assessments of the role played by the immediate former President, Muhammadu Buhari, regarding the persecution of Christians in the country. cruxnow.com/church-in-afri…
Pope Leo XIV pledged to work to “pursue the path of unity and fraternal charity” in a meeting in Castel Gandolfo with Orthodox and Catholic clergy from the United States. cruxnow.com/vatican/2025/0…
The Church of the Holy Family in Gaza was hit the Israeli military on Thursday, an action Israel allegedly called “a shooting error.” cruxnow.com/church-in-the-…
