It had been quiet around the former primate of France for years. But Cardinal Barbarin suddenly reappeared for the papal election. Now he is 75. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon from 2002 to 2020 and thus “Primate of Gaul”, will turn 75 on Friday (17 October). He thus reaches the age limit at which…
Ten years after the refugee summer of 2015, Archbishop Stefan Heße of Hamburg emphasised the successes of integration policy. “Let us not forget what we have achieved in the last ten years,” said Archbishop Heße on September 24 at the autumn plenary assembly of the German Bishops’ Conference. “For many people in our country, refugees…
The Vatican Press Office has announced the dates for the upcoming canonisations by Pope Leo XIV. The ceremony will take place on October 19 in St Peter’s Square. A total of seven people will be added to the list of Catholic saints. The new saints include the Armenian-Catholic Archbishop of Mardin, Ignatius Choukrallah Maloyan, who…
“Everyone here is pleading for mercy: to take pity, for mercy, for compassion, for them to stop this war, for them to stop shooting… for them to stop killing people, for them to stop bombing,” the only parish priest in Gaza, Fr Gabriel Romanelli, said in a video he posted on September 23. “There are…
More than 1,000 people have already been executed in Iran in 2025. UN human rights activists are appalled and accuse the Islamic Republic of carrying out death sentences on an “industrial scale”. UN human rights experts are deploring an unprecedented wave of executions in Iran. More than 1,000 death sentences have already been carried out…
Episcopal question mark behind the Pope’s words: Bishop Kohlgraf warns against minimising the issue of abuse. Sexualised violence is a crime against human beings. The Church has a responsibility in this regard. In the debate on how to deal with sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz questions recent statements by…
Today marks the release of the initial set of excerpts from Pope Leo XIV’s first-ever sit-down interview with a journalist, which comes in the form of the landmark new book León XIV: ciudadano del mundo, misionero del siglo XXI, meaning “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century,” released by Penguin Peru…
Pope Leo XIV said his primary role as leader of the Church is confirming Catholics in their faith and sharing the Gospel with the world, not resolving global crises. Speaking to Crux senior correspondent Elise Ann Allen in the first sit-down interview of his pontificate, Leo also said he was “trying not to continue to…
After well over a century under construction, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica is ready to raise its immense central tower and become the tallest Christian church in Europe. The basilica’s General Director Xavier Martínez said on September 18 that “the tower will be finished at the end of this year or the beginning of 2026.” This…
Almost three quarters of Britons are hardly interested in the election of the new Archbishop of Canterbury. However, the majority would like him to speak out on poverty, homelessness and social issues rather than politics. Almost three quarters of people in the UK do not care who becomes the next Archbishop of Canterbury. This was…
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