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Arkansas Coach Lou Holtz after defeating Oklahoma at the Orange Bowl on Jan. 2, 1978. (Credit: Phil Sandin/AP.)

Lou Holtz, Catholic college football staple who coached Notre Dame to 1988 national title, dies at 89

  • Mar 6
  • Eric Olson, 
    Tom Coyne, Crux Staff
A statue of Jesus Christ on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Nov. 10, 2020. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

‘Christ is king’ becomes a loaded phrase in US political debates, especially on the right

  • Mar 6
  • Peter Smith
A group of men inspect the ruins of a police station struck on Monday in Tehran, Iran, on March 3, 2026. (Credit: Vahid Salemi/AP.)

US Cardinal Cupich questions legitimacy of war against Iran

  • Mar 5
  • Crux Staff
St. Mary's Church is seen Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Cranston, R.I. (Credit: Charles Krupa/AP.)

Sprawling investigation finds decades of sexual abuse among Catholic priests in Rhode Island

  • Mar 5
  • Kimberlee Kruesi, 
    Crux Staff
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Government funds Hilo Catholic shelter without safety exits

  • Mar 5
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New lawsuit challenges restrictions on school choice in Vermont’s education reform law

  • Mar 5
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Attorney General Peter Neronha gives a victory speech after winning a second term, during an election-night gathering of Rhode Island Democratic candidates and supporters on Nov. 8, 2022, in Providence, R.I. . (Credit: Mark Stockwell/AP.)

Rhode Island AG to unveil long-awaited report on Diocese of Providence clergy abuse

  • Mar 4
  • Kimberlee Kruesi

In Minnesota, US cardinals and pope’s ambassador decry mass deportations and call for reconciliation

  • Feb 28
  • Giovanna Dell'Orto
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Assisted suicide increases rates of non-medical suicide, statistics show

  • Feb 25
  • Charles Collins
Childhood photos of a woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, are displayed along with a picture of her father, a WWII Air Force veteran, at left, and additional family photos, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Henderson, Nev. (Credit: David Goldman/AP.)

She was an orphan adopted from Iran by a US veteran and became Christian. The Trump administration wants to deport her

  • Feb 22
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Lou Holtz, Catholic college football staple who coached Notre Dame to 1988 national title, dies at 89

  • Mar 6
  • Eric Olson, 
    Tom Coyne, Crux Staff

Cologne Cathedral, one of Germany’s best-known landmarks, to charge tourists for admission

  • Mar 6
  • Associated Press

Conservative Anglican leaders restructure the global religious body after 400 years

  • Mar 6
  • Dyepkazah Shibayan

‘Christ is king’ becomes a loaded phrase in US political debates, especially on the right

  • Mar 6
  • Peter Smith