Panama’s Catholic bishops have questions about a controversial river dam project that could disrupt the lives of thousands in the Central American country. The project proposes to expand the availability of water for both human consumption and the operation of the Panama Canal. Advanced by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and fully backed by the…
The Archbishop of Rabat, a Spanish cardinal, said on July 7 that he would be stepping back from public ministry while a Church investigation takes place into allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards adult women. Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, 74, and a member of the Salesian order, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Tuesday that he would…
A series of attacks against persons, acts of vandalism, and intimidation targeting the Christian minority across the eastern Indian state of West Bengal in the past week has sparked widespread concern. Church leaders and community representatives are urging state authorities to ensure protection for vulnerable communities and guarantee impartial investigations into the incidents. The incidents…
Pope Leo XIV marked the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States on Saturday, with a letter extending his “heartfelt congratulations to all Americans” on the occasion and urging citizens to work together “toward a more perfect union” in the present. Entrusting the country to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, patroness of…
A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after US President Donald Trump brought up his case when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, his family and rights advocates said Saturday. Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri arrived in Los Angeles and “is…
On July 2 the Holy See formally declared the bishops of a breakaway traditionalist order to be in schism and excommunicated. The declaration came from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, just one day after the group illicitly made four men bishops without papal approval and in defiance of repeated warnings from senior…
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta’s humanitarian outreach assisted 9 million people in 2025 across conflict and disaster-affected regions, including Gaza and Ukraine, and has launched an emergency response in Venezuela. Speaking for the nearly 1,000‑year‑old humanitarian order, Josef Blotz, its grand hospitaller, told EWTN News Nightly about “the sobering degree of need” and the…
Nicaraguan police detained Bishop Emeritus Abelardo Mata again on June 30, just one day after his initial detention and subsequent release on June 29. The 80-year-old prelate is reportedly now under house arrest. Mata, bishop emeritus of Estelí, was arrested at a clinic where he had gone for a checkup for his pacemaker. This occurred…
A Pakistani trial court has acquitted a blind Christian man who spent 10 months in jail after being charged with blasphemy, an offense that carries a mandatory death sentence under the country’s laws. The director of the UK-based Minority Concern Pakistan, Aftab Alexander Mughal, told Crux Now the acquittal is an encouraging development but warned…
Bishop Iyad Akram Twal, auxiliary bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said Christians face an increasingly precarious situation in the Middle East. War, economic instability, and continued emigration are placing increasing pressure on the Christian presence in the region, driving a significant decline in communities across the Holy Land and neighboring countries, Twal said…