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US bishops call for ‘accountability, transparency, and justice’ in wake of ICE shootings

Jul 20
Christopher R. Altieri

Four bishops lie on the floor as they are given episcopal consecration during a Mass in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary, in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (Credit: Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP.)

Traditionalist Catholics face a difficult choice after Vatican cuts off breakaway group

Jul 18
Holly Meyer

Crux Now Q&A: Inside a milestone US food aid agreement with CRS

Jul 15
Christopher R. Altieri

Crux Now Q&A: Senior USDA official praises CRS as $235 million aid partnership is launched

Jul 15
Christopher R. Altieri

CRS partners with USDA to feed hungry in Sudan, Ethiopia

Jul 14
Christopher R. Altieri

‘Toward a more perfect union’: Pope Leo XIV on 250 years of US independence

Jul 4
Crux Now Staff

Father John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, processes into the sanctuary with altar servers at the start of one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.)

Latin Mass, but faithful to the pope: A Minnesota church shows a different way during schism crisis

Jul 3
Giovanna Dell'Orto

Pope Leo XIV receives the baseball from the final out of Game 1 of the 2005 World Series from former Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski. (Credit: Pierzynski on X.)

Pope Leo XIV receives World Series baseball from former White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski

Jun 26
Jay Cohen,
Associated Press

This image released by ABC shows Vice President JD Vance with Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin on "The View" on June 16, 2026. (Credit: Lou Rocco/ABC via AP.)

Vance says he “strike a balance, of course,” between enforcing laws and treating people appropriately

Jun 17
Meg Kinnard

Migrants trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico approach the site where workers are assembling large buoys to be used as a border barrier along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (Credit: Eric Gay/AP.)

In far West Texas, the threat of land seizures for a border wall has families on edge

Jun 16
Uriel J. Garcia/ The Texas Tribune,
Associated Press