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Charles Collins

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Charles Collins is an American journalist currently living in the United Kingdom, and is Crux’s Managing Editor.

He worked at Vatican Radio from 2001 – 2017, both in the features and news division. He has also written for Our Sunday Visitor, The Irish Catholic, and Inside the Vatican.

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Police officers look at a crater made by a drone near apartment houses following Russia’s night attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 29, 2025. (Credit: Yevhen Titov/AP.)

Ukrainian bishop says citizens will ‘bravely defend their country’

  • Mar 31
  • Charles Collins
Catholic Chaplaincy at the University of Kent in England. (Credit: Archdiocese of Southwark.)

Chaplain at British university uses Eucharistic Adoration to grow Church

  • Mar 28
  • Charles Collins
Bishop John Sherrington is the Lead Bishop for Life Issues in England and Wales. (Credit: Diocese of Westminster.)

UK Bishop: Patients deserve access to safe healthcare, not suggestions to commit suicide

  • Mar 26
  • Charles Collins
The Palace of Westminster, where the UK Parliament meets. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

As England leans closer to legalizing assisted dying, bishop urge Catholics to speak up

  • Mar 25
  • Charles Collins
Rosaries are seen next to a drawing of Pope Francis outside of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, March 16, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Francis is not slowing down, despite his medical problems

  • Mar 23
  • Charles Collins
Andrew Tate speaks to media after being released from house arrest and put under judicial control measures, on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania, Aug. 4, 2023. (Credit: Alexandru Dobre/AP.)

Catholic parents should keep an eye on the popularity of Andrew Tate

  • Mar 22
  • Charles Collins
A body is brought to the hospital in the Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Catholic charity condemns Israel’s renewed attacks on Gaza Strip

  • Mar 18
  • Charles Collins
Image of Saint Patrick as depicted on a stained glass window of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, Ireland. (Credit: Bishops' Conference of Ireland.)

Irish bishops call for prayers for peace on Saint Patrick’s Day

  • Mar 17
  • Charles Collins
Bishop Paul Mason with British and U.S. military in Qatar. (Credit: Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.)

British military bishop visits troops in Qatar

  • Mar 15
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A mosaic by ex-Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik is seen on the main facade of the Church of Our Lady of the Canadian Martyrs, June 28, 2024, in Rome. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Jesuits make broad offer of reparations to women who say they were abused by ex-Jesuit artist

  • Mar 31
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Associated Press
A woman takes pictures in front of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, where the pope usually delivers his noontime Angelus prayer from the window of his private studio on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Top papal aide says Francis is resting, not taking meetings or visits

  • Mar 31
  • Elise Ann Allen
The Unity Palace of the president of Cameroon in Yaoundé, Cameroon. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Cameroon’s bishops urge electoral reform ahead of 2025 presidential election

  • Mar 31
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom
Damaged buildings are seen in the aftermath of an earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 30, 2025. (Credit: Aung Shine Oo/AP.)

Church leaders pray for victims of earthquake in Myanmar

  • Mar 31
  • Nirmala Carvalho

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With Pope Francis out of the hospital, John Paul II’s final years come to mind

  • Mar 30
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A woman takes pictures in front of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, where the pope usually delivers his noontime Angelus prayer from the window of his private studio on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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