International

Mozambique: Terrorists kill 11 Christians

On September 15th, at least 11 Christians were massacred by terrorists loyal to ISIS in northern Mozambique. According to Friar Boaventura, a missionary in the region, the killings took place in the village of Naquitengue, in the province of Cabo Delgado. Since 2017, the area has been under regular attack from Islamic fundamentalists. Friar Boaventura […]

In France, Pope Francis denounces the “fanaticism of indifference” towards migrants

On the heights of Marseille, in the south of France, the sea stretches as far as the eye can see. The memorial dedicated to sailors and migrants lost at sea is there, at the foot of Notre-Dame de la Garde. The memorial stone is surmounted by a large Camargue cross – combining the traditional cross […]

Have China’s Christians Peaked? Pew Researches the Data Debate

Christianity’s growth in China has stalled since 2010. That’s according to a new Pew Research Centre report measuring religion in China published today. In 2010, approximately 23.2 million adults in China self-identified as Christian. In 2018, 19.9 million adults did so, which Pew researchers say is not a “statistically significant gap.” Among Chinese Christians, the percentages of zongjiao (Mandarin […]

Swedish Catholic cardinal, Lutheran bishop make joint DC visit for ecumenical dialogue

Cardinal Anders Arborelius, who has led the small Catholic community in Sweden since 1998, came to Washington, D.C., alongside Bishop Karin Johannesson, an assistant bishop in the Lutheran Archdiocese of Uppsala. The two prelates, who share a devotion to Carmelite spirituality, took part in an ecumenical dialogue on the 19th-century St. Thérèse of Lisieux, held at the St. […]

Church and state in Ukraine blast Pope for praising ‘great Mother Russia’

In the latest expression of Ukrainian irritation with Pope Francis’s efforts to be even-handed with regard to Russia’s ongoing invasion, a spokesman for Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has accused the pontiff of trafficking in “imperialist propaganda” during a recent video address to Russian youth. The Vatican fired back , insisting that the pope “certainly did not […]

One Chinese Catholic to Francis: ‘Pope, save our Church!’

At Pope Francis’s Mass in Ulaanbaatar on September 3 Sunday afternoon, which was attended by nearly 200 people from mainland China, one young Catholic from the mainland said life for the Church in his country is extremely difficult and asked that the pope help “save” them. Speaking to Crux in broken English, the young man, […]

Archbishop Licenses Priests to Confer ‘Gay Blessings’

The archbishop of Berlin has released an official statement permitting priests under his jurisdiction to administer blessings to same-sex couples, emphasizing that his directive aligns with the intentions of Pope Francis. Quoting Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia in a letter dated Aug. 21, Abp. Heiner Koch notes that “it is no longer possible to say that all who […]

Catholic charity resumes bringing meals and hope to war-torn Tigray

Catholic charity providing thousands of free meals daily to schoolchildren in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, recently resumed operations after a brutal civil war precluded it from its mission for almost three years. Since 2017, Mary’s Meals has worked with the Daughters of Charity in Tigray to bring food to schoolchildren there. Pre-2020 they fed an estimated […]

Eviction-facing Indian Catholics to fight Muslim charity’s claims

Goans oppose tourism project near 16th century basilica