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Gold crosses and statues adorn confessional rooms at St. Michael Archangel Catholic Church in Houston, on April 13, 2019. (Credit: Wong Maye-E/AP.)

Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

  • Feb 19
  • Giovanna Dell'Orto, 
    Associated Press
A cross is silhouetted against a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans on Dec. 1, 2012. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

A look at the largest clergy abuse settlements reached by Catholic organizations in the US

  • Feb 19
  • Associated Press

Diocese of Camden, NJ reaches $180 million abuse settlement

  • Feb 18
  • Crux Staff
Attendees participate in the annual Krewe of Muses parade during the Mardi Gras season on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in New Orleans. (Credit: Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP.)

New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras, the indulgent conclusion of Carnival season

  • Feb 18
  • Sara Cline, 
    Associated Press

New US policy on AI threatens industry disruption, puts US at loggerheads with Holy See

  • Feb 17
  • Christopher R. Altieri
Catholics pray the rosary while a priest marks people’s foreheads with ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Church of the Divine Child in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Credit: Fernando Vergara/AP.)

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a period of fasting, reflection — and fish fries

  • Feb 16
  • Peter Smith, 
    Associated Press
President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Conservative Catholic member of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission ousted in dispute over antisemitism

  • Feb 12
  • Peter Smith, 
    Associated Press
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Emerging artists making rap, Afrobeats and R&B music push Christian genre boundaries

  • Feb 11
  • Charlotte Kramon, 
    Associated Press
President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Senior U.S. Church leaders call for presidential apology in wake of racist social media post

  • Feb 10
  • Christopher R. Altieri

Abp Lori issues pastoral letter on renewal of U.S. political culture

  • Feb 10
  • Crux Staff

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Crux Exclusive: Card. Ambongo on historic AU partnership for ‘The Africa We Want’

  • Feb 20
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Breakaway Catholic group rejects Vatican talks, indicating collision course for pope

  • Feb 20
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Pope’s grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa and beyond

  • Feb 19
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Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

  • Feb 19
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