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Details emerge, questions persist after British bishop’s court appearance on child rape charges

Church in Europe

British bishop condemns Israeli military closure of last fully Christian village in Palestine

Aug 13
Crux Now Staff

Adult baptisms increase in Germany as overall numbers continue to decline

Aug 13
Fionn Shiner

British bishop calls new PM to bat for jailed Catholic Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai

Aug 11
Fionn Shiner

The organ of the John Cage organ project is illuminated prior to a ‘sound change’ at the Buchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, Sept. 5, 2020. (Credit: Markus Schreiber/AP.)

This cathedral organ will play one composition until 2640

Aug 5
Stefanie Dazio,
David Keyton, Associated Press

EU holds ‘constructive’ emergency meeting over Ceuta crisis as Spain’s bishops left reeling

Aug 4
Fionn Shiner

Pope prays for Ceuta as city reels from mass migrant incursion

Aug 2
Crux Now Staff

Wildfires continue to rage in France and Spain

Jul 28
Crux Now Staff

Volunteers clean the vandalized statue of the Virgin Mary, which has been covered with a white sheet, on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje, Bosnia, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Credit: AP Photo/AP.)

Bosnian authorities investigate desecration and fire damage at Medjugorje Virgin Mary shrine

Jul 28
Associated Press

Estonia Monastery Bishop Damaskinos, centre left, prays during the Divine Liturgy in the chapel of the newly founded Kirikla Orthodox Monastery in Pihali village, Estonia, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: Sergei Grits/AP.)

Orthodox monks are the first to live and pray at a monastery in Estonia for 80 years

Jul 24
Kostya Manenkov

‘Gracias a Dios siempre!’ Spanish champions praise God after World Cup victory

Jul 20
Fionn Shiner