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India correspondent of Crux remembers John L. Allen, Jr.
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (486+ words) Nirmala Carvalho and her family with John and Elise Allen in Rome, Italy. (Credit: Nirmala Carvalho.) MUMBAI, India " As I received the painful devastating news of the passing of John L. Allen Jr., my Editor in chief at Crux, I found…...
Pope Leo asks for prayers for Ukraine, as it faces freeze after Russia attacks
7+ hour, 48+ min ago (1022+ words) Residential multistory buildings are seen in the dark during large-scale power outages following Russian strikes on Ukraine's power grid in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Credit: Dan Bashakov/AP.) KYIV, Ukraine " On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV urged people to pray for…...
Protests inside churches are unusual despite long history of civil disobedience in the US
8+ hour, 6+ min ago (1201+ words) A protester holds a sign reading "Love thy neighbor " Jesus" during a rally against federal immigration enforcement on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Credit: Angelina Katsanis/AP.) American religious history is rife with protest movements and civil disobedience. Yet it is…...
Trump administration halts use of human fetal tissue in NIH-funded research
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (280+ words) The National Institutes of Health's James Shannon building is seen on the agency's campus in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 24, 2014. (Credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP.) The Trump administration announced Thursday that human fetal tissue derived from abortions can no longer be used in…...
Vance touts the Trump administration’s record against abortion at a Washington rally
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (596+ words) Vice President JD Vance speaks at a rally ahead of the March for Life in Washington, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (Credit: Stephanie Scarbrough/AP.) Vice President JD Vance on Friday encouraged pro-life activists to "take heart in how far we've come" on…...
Nigeria says US will deliver outstanding military equipment purchased over the past 5 years
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (221+ words) People wait to receive food donations from the United Nations World Food Program in Damasak, northeastern Nigeria, Oct. 6, 2024. (Credit: Chinedu Asadu/AP.) ABUJA, Nigeria " Nigeria's government said Friday that the U.S. has pledged to deliver outstanding military equipment purchased by the…...
A Kentucky cathedral called ‘America’s Notre Dame’ gets a rehab, gargoyles and all
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (961+ words) A view of the gargoyles on the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington, Kentucky, on Jan. 8, 2026. (Credit: Jeff Dean/AP.) COVINGTON, Ky. " Gargoyles have watched over this small Kentucky city for more than a century from their lofty perches…...
Nigeria church attackers demand ransoms as search intensifies for over 150 hostages
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (337+ words) People react during a meeting with Kaduna state governor Uba Sani in Kurmin Wali in Nigeria on Jan. 21, 2021. (Credit: Kaduna State Government via AP.) In one of the largest mass abductions targeting religious worship centers in the West African nation…...
African voices rise against human trafficking as patron’s feast approaches
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (980+ words) As the the February 8 feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita approaches, voices across Africa are joining in a worldwide campaign of prayer, reflection, and action against human trafficking. The annual event honors the legacy of a woman who endured the…...
Ambush in northwest Nigeria kills 5 soldiers and 1 police officer
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (236+ words) Women gathering firewood in rural Zamfara, Nigeria. (Credit: Wikipedia.) ABUJA, Nigeria " Five soldiers and one police officer have been killed in an ambush in northwest Nigeria, the Nigerian army said on Tuesday. The attack occurred in Zamfara state on Monday,…...