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Louis Sako, patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, April 21, 2025. (Credit: Hadi Mizban/AP.)

Cardinal Sako, head of Chaldean Church in Iraq, retires as war engulfs the region

  • Mar 11
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Abby Sewell
UNIFIL peacekeepers meet civilians waiting to be evacuated in southern Lebanon, March 10, 2026. (Credit: United Nations.)

Christian families flee southern Lebanon due to attacks from Israel

  • Mar 11
  • Crux Now Staff
Cardinal Francesco Montenegro, left, and from right, Father Paolo Stacchiotti and Cardinal Baldo Reina listen to Pope Leo XIV during a visit to the parish complex of Santa Maria della Presentazione on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

As pope seeks dialogue and diplomacy, 2 US cardinals reject US-Israeli war in Iran

  • Mar 10
  • Nicole Winfield
People watch from a rooftop as a plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (Credit: Vahid Salemi/AP.)

Leading Vatican official says war in the Middle East could cause world ‘being set ablaze’

  • Mar 4
  • Crux Now Staff
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee poses for a photo during an interview in Jerusalem, Aug. 20, 2025. (Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP.)

US says ambassador’s comments on Israel and the Middle East were taken out of context

  • Feb 23
  • Melanie Lidman, 
    Samy Magdy, Associated Press
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is seen during an interview in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP.)

US ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East

  • Feb 22
  • Sam Mednick, 
    Samy Magdy, Associated Press
A man walks past the ruins of St. Paul Orthodox Church during debris removal efforts following the February 2023 earthquakes in Antakya, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (Credit: Murat Kocabas/AP.)

Architect aims to rebuild a church and help restore a quake-hit Turkish city’s multicultural past

  • Feb 7
  • Serra Yedikardes, 
    Associated Press
Members of the National Palace General Security Unit in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 26, 2026. (Credit: Odelyn Joseph/AP.)

Church concerned about mass deportations of Haitians from the US

  • Jan 31
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

US ambassador to Israel issues response to Holy Land patriarchs’ concerns over ‘Christian Zionism’

  • Jan 21
  • Crux Now Staff
People inspect the site where at least four Palestinians died following the collapse of walls onto tents sheltering displaced people in Gaza City amid rainfall and strong winds, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Gaza’s living conditions worsen as strong winds and hypothermia kill 5

  • Jan 14
  • Wafaa Shurafa, 
    Samy Magdy, Associated Press

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Giant Baby Jesus statue visits Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood with message of peace

  • Mar 12
  • María Teresa Hernández

Italy buys Caravaggio painting of future Pope for about $35 million, one of its largest payouts for a single work

  • Mar 12
  • Giada Zampano

Scotland bishops say assisted suicide bill violates religious freedom

  • Mar 12
  • Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV prays for slain Maronite priest as he is buried in Lebanon

  • Mar 11
  • Crux Now Staff