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Editor’s Note: A fond farewell to a dear colleague
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (335+ words) There’s some bittersweet news for the Crux Now family this week. Our colleague and friend, longtime Rome correspondent Elise Ann Allen, is stepping away from Crux Now to write the next chapter of her life. The death of John L....
‘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,…...
Surrogate mother’s flight to Texas for birth praised by pro-life leaders
3+ week, 6+ day ago (101+ words) McKenna West wanted the child she was carrying to be born, but she was afraid the parents of the child she was carrying did not. West, a nurse and single mother of two from Alaska, was serving as a gestational…...
A Message from Elise Ann Allen
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (571+ words) Journalist and papal biographer Elise Ann Allen. (Image courtesy of author) Many regular Crux readers will know that this has been a year of transition for the company, and for me personally, following the death of my husband, Crux’s president…...
Lourdes bishop says Rupnik mosaics to be covered for papal visit
3+ week, 1+ day ago (800+ words) The basilicae of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes, France. Image credit: By Père Igor – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Mosaic artwork decorating one of the world’s most famous healing shrines will be covered ahead of…...
Scottish bishops’ leader calls Catholics to fight suicide bill
3+ week, 1+ day ago (869+ words) Bishop John Keenan of Paisley, file. (Image courtesy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley) With the threat of legal assisted suicide looming larger every day in the UK, the president of the Scottish bishops’ conference has appealed to Catholics…...
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…...
US Bishops launch pro-life campaign as pharmaceutical abortions on rise
3+ week, 4+ day ago (408+ words) MTP Kit containing one mifepristone and four misoprostol plus a blister strip of 10 extra miso. Generic pills manufactured in India and obtained in the US by mail order. Image credit: By Plancpills – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link The Catholic bishops…...
Explosion of fireworks near church in central Mexico kills at least 10, injures 64
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (187+ words) TEMASCALCINGO, Mexico — Pyrotechnic material exploded during the festival for a patron saint in a town in Mexico State, collapsing a wall, killing at least 10 people and injuring another 64, Mexican authorities said. The explosion occurred Saturday night next to the Nuestra…...
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…...