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This image released by CBS shows host Stephen Colbert on the set of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in New York on May 6, 2026. (Credit: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via AP.)

Many Catholics mourning the loss of late-night host Stephen Colbert’s show

  • May 20
  • Mark Kennedy, 
    Associated Press
From left, Elisabetta Magnanti and Mark Faulkner from Dublin's Trinity College and Valentina Longo of Rome's National Central Library look at a manuscript containing a rare, long-lost copy of Caedmon's Hymn, the first poem ever to be written down in Old English, at Rome's National Library, Thursday, May 8, 2026. (Credit: Andrea Rosa/AP.)

Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval Catholic book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem

  • May 18
  • Andrea Rosa
Dorothea and Billy Ohlandt, from North Carolina, arrive at Rededicate 250, a mostly conservative Christian prayer gathering in honor of the United States' 250th anniversary, on the National Mall, Sunday, May 17, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

Thousands flocked to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally

  • May 18
  • Tiffany Stanley
Archbishop Gregory Aymond, of New Orleans, listens during a news conference at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Nov. 12, 2013. (Credit: Patrick Semansky/AP.)

New Orleans kept accused priest in pulpit despite complaints: misconduct ‘involved adults’, archdiocese admits

  • May 16
  • Christopher R. Altieri
A sign in Las Cruces, New Mexico. (Credit: Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP.)

Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land near El Paso for border barrier

  • May 16
  • Uriel J. Garcia/ The Texas Tribune
A woman and child kneel during Catholic Mass at Benedictine College, Oct. 29, 2023, in Atchison, Kan. (Credit: Charlie Riedel/AP.)

Religion data expert: Easter convert numbers are ‘drop in the bucket’

  • May 15
  • Crux Now Staff
Siena Heights University will close after the 2025–2026 academic year. (Credit: Siena Heights University.)

Money woes close a small Michigan Catholic college. It’s not alone

  • May 15
  • Janelle D. James/ Bridge Michigan
President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.)

Trump administration will join a prayer gathering criticized for promoting Christian nationalism

  • May 14
  • Peter Smith
Father Anthony Odiong, 57, arrested on 16 July 2024. (Credit: Waco Police.)

Questions abound as sex crimes trial looms for priest in Texas

  • May 13
  • Christopher R. Altieri
The Basilica of San Albino in Mesilla, New Mexico. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Thousands of diocesan documents stolen in Diocese of Las Cruces; head of Voice of the Laity allegedly involved

  • May 11
  • Charles Collins

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Vatican turns attention to Cuba amid heighted tensions with US

  • May 21
  • Elise Ann Allen

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  • May 21
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

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  • May 21
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II

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  • May 21
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom