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…
Anniversary programme for the 100th anniversary of Gaudí’s death in Barcelona in 2026 The legacy of architect Antoni Gaudí is the Sagrada Família in Barcelona. 10 June 2026 is the 100th anniversary of Gaudí’s death. An occasion for an anniversary programme. A poetic version reads like this: Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) was the “architect of God”…
Sunday, September 14 marked the release of the initial set of excerpts from Pope Leo XIV’s first 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, or “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century”. The book…
Just a few months before he was assassinated on September 10, Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk — a conservative campus activist and an outspoken evangelical Christian — said that upon his death, he would want to be remembered for his Christian faith. “If everything completely goes away, how do you want to be remembered?”…
A group of Peruvian expats in Italy celebrated Pope Leo XIV’s 70th birthday on September 14 in true local fashion, bringing a beloved popular devotion in Chiclayo to the Pope’s front door. Every year during his time as Bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023, Pope Leo would visit the shrine of Jesús Nazareno Cautivo,…
In response to the September 9 airstrike by the Israeli air force against the Hamas leadership in Doha, the capital of Qatar, the auxiliary bishop of the Patriarchal Diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins for Jordan, Bishop Iyad Twal, advocated for a two-state solution to achieve peace in the Middle East. Bishop Twal’s proposal aligns…
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