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

Church in Europe

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

Ukrainian soldiers sit on an armoured vehicle as they drive on a road between Izium and Lyman in Ukraine, Tuesday Oct. 4, 2022. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Ukraine sees 3 years of war: Catholic aid groups bring hope to Ukrainians facing uncertain future

Feb 24
Charles Collins

Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade Andrii Neshodovskiy during the funeral ceremony at the cemetery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP.)

Ukrainian Major Archbishop visits U.S., urges politicians to ignore pro-Russian propaganda

Feb 20
Charles Collins

Demonstrators chant slogans and wave the new Syrian flag as they gather for Friday prayers at the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, Syria, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (Credit: Leo Correa/AP.)

European bishops urge investment in peace, rebuilding in Syria

Feb 20
Elise Ann Allen

Top cardinal warns ‘arbitrariness’ of Trump actions is ‘dangerous’

Feb 17
Elise Ann Allen

Mario Paredes, general director of SOMOS Community Care, at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Immigrant medical man in U.S. says Pope is confronting Trump’s ‘walls of ignominy’

Feb 15
José Manuel Vidal,
Religión Digital

A UN armored personnel carrier burns during clashes with M23 rebels outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

European Parliament, COMECE president issue calls for EU action on DRC crisis

Feb 14
Crux Staff

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address outside St. Peter's Square on Feb. 2, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Francis marks National Day of Life in Italy

Feb 2
Crux Staff

Primatial Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo, Spain. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Toledo abuse case in Spain further illustrates snags in seeking justice

Jan 31
Elise Ann Allen

In this photo provided by the U.S. Army, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, listens while visiting the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Sept. 22, 2024. (Credit: AP.)

Major Archbishop Shevchuk says ‘sacrilegious war’ by Russia cannot be justified

Jan 30
Charles Collins