Taking the Catholic Pulse

Switch to dark theme

John Allen Jr.
- Vatican
- U.S.
- UK and Ireland
- Middle East
- Americas
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- Oceania
- Interviews
- Videos
- Podcast
- Last Week in the Church
Support Us
About Us

Switch to dark theme

David Crary

Associated Press

Latest Stories

Most Popular

© 2025 Crux Catholic Media, Inc.

Privacy & Cookie Policy

Taking the Catholic Pulse

About Crux
Contact Us
Advertising
Videos
Support Us

Podcast:

Quick Links

Currents News
The Tablet
DeSales Media Group in the Diocese of Brooklyn
Catholic TV
Angelus News
The Catholic Channel on Sirius XM
Catholic Standard

Latest

Pope Leo receives a purebred Arabian horse

Pope Leo XIV with Andrzej Michalski and Proton at the Vatican on Oct. 15, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo receives a purebred Arabian horse

Oct 16
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV leaves the Global World Food Day Ceremony in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 16, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo urges world leaders ‘not to look the other way’ in fighting global hunger

Oct 16
Giada Zampano,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV presides over a Rosary vigil for peace in St. Peter's Square on the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Vatican report says clergy sex abuse victims need reparations and tangible sanctions to heal

Oct 16
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV meets Brazilian President Luiz Lula da Silva in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Oct. 13, 2025. Lula holds a book with a black and white photo representing the Asháninka, an Indigenous people living in the rainforests in Brazil and Peru. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Brazil’s Lula meets with Pope Leo and tries to keep friendship he had with Francis

Oct 16
Eduardo Campos Lima

Author's Posts

Scout Troop 228 participates in the U.S. flag retirement ceremony for Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Church during the annual Patriots Day observance at the church in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (Credit: Krysta Fauria/AP.)

How faith-based support is helping Scouting America stabilize

Sep 20
David Crary,
Associated Press

Then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick at St. Nereus and Achilleus Church in Rome on April 14, 2005. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died at age 94

Apr 5
David Crary,
Associated Press

US bishops to elect new leaders, mark abuse reform milestone

Nov 14, 2022
Peter Smith,
Holly Meyer, David Crary

Midterms reinforce Christian voter trends on abortion, GOP

Nov 11, 2022
David Crary,
Peter Smith, Nuha Dolby

As midterms near, clergy preach politics and civics lessons

Nov 7, 2022
David Crary,
Holly Meyer

Faith groups curb Haiti work due to chaos, 2021 kidnapping

Oct 14, 2022
Peter Smith,
David Crary

Clergy strive to reconcile politically divided congregations

Sep 29, 2022
David Crary

Pope ends Canadian visit with stop in small, far-north city

Jul 28, 2022
Rob Gillies,
David Crary

AP-NORC poll details rift between lay Catholics and bishops

Jun 3, 2022
David Crary

Group defining crime of spiritual abuse making good progress, cardinal says

Oct 15
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV with Andrzej Michalski and Proton at the Vatican on Oct. 15, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo receives a purebred Arabian horse

Oct 16
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV presides over a Rosary vigil for peace in St. Peter's Square on the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Vatican report says clergy sex abuse victims need reparations and tangible sanctions to heal

Oct 16
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

New Hampshire court rules in clergy abuse case that 2020 law cannot be applied retroactively

Oct 15
Holly Ramer,
Associated Press