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Top European bishop to Crux Now: Fear of immigration shows Europe’s identity crisis
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (112+ words) The president of the bishops’ conferences in the European Union (EU) has said that increasing fear and hostility towards immigrants is a sign Europe has lost a sense of what it stands for. With assisted suicide spreading across the continent…...
Body of war criminal Mladic lies in state at Orthodox church in Serbian capital ahead of funeral
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (745+ words) A man touches the cross as Serbian national military servicemen stand around the coffin of the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities during the war…...
On liturgy, Leo XIV sheds light (and knows it will bring a little heat)
1+ week, 6+ day ago (157+ words) Father John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, celebrates the eucharistic prayer facing the altar, in the traditional custom, during one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.) Pope…...
‘Firefighters battling Europe’s wildfires need spiritual care,’ Netherlands’ first fire chaplain tells Crux Now
3+ week, 4+ day ago (123+ words) Firefighters from Spain to Greece have been battling blazes for months, with fires in Spain and France garnering sustained headlines all summer. Just this week, one of the largest fires ever recorded in Belgium was burning largely out of control,…...
Europe’s tallest statue of the Virgin Mary is inaugurated in a small Polish village
3+ week, 6+ day ago (644+ words) People walk inside an enormous statue of the Virgin Mary that is believed to be Europe’s tallest during the inauguration in the village Konotopie, Poland, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. (Credit: Claudia Ciobanu/AP.) KONOTOPIE, Poland — An enormous statue of the Virgin Mary…...