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La Croix International provides unique insights on issues that matter — in the wider world — on politics, society, religion, culture, education, and ethics. Intended for an international readership and drawn from a daily selection of key articles from La Croix, this new English language edition broadens the global reach of a news service that has already achieved a well-earned reputation for informative and engaging content with a distinctive Catholic viewpoint. La Croix International and La Croix are published by Bayard Presse.
Five years after his election, Pope Francis has decided to publish his third apostolic exhortation, titled Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad). As the subtitle explicitly states, its theme is "the call to holiness in today's world."…
Paul VI and Romero examples for today
By announcing the canonization of Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Óscar Romero on the same day, Pope Francis wanted to draw a connection between two leading lights of the post-Vatican II church: the pope who saw the Second Vatican Council…
From Madrid to Oslo, Sundays are less sacred
“Open on Sundays” is a sign that, since the 1990s, has been increasingly seen outside shops across Europe. From Spain to Norway, via France, the United Kingdom and even Germany, this deregulation trend has caught on as a result of the…
Beware of false prophets, lack of love, pope says in Lenten message
Pope Francis has called on Catholics to use the season of Lent to beware of “snake charmers,” “charlatans,” and “swindlers” who offer “easy and immediate solutions to suffering.” Pope Francis’ message for Lent, which begins Feb. 14 for…
Bishop advices on what to do on Ash Wednesday, Valentine’s Day
A bishop in Alabama has advised Catholics on how to mark Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day which fall on the same day this year. Ash Wednesday requires fasting in many Christian traditions. Valentine's Day is a time for celebrating love,…
Pope canonizes first-ever Latin American martyrs, calls special Synod for the Amazon region
Altogether 35 new saints, the majority of them martyrs, were canonized by Pope Francis on Sunday at a Mass celebrated in front of 35,000 faithful in St. Peter's Square. Those canonized by the pope included 30 martyrs, both priests, and…
Polish organizers hope 1 million Catholics attend mass rosary
Organizers are hoping up to a million people will join a mass rosary on Poland's border on Oct. 7 to mark the end of the Fatima centenary and pray for the world's salvation. Poland's bishops have urged Catholics to join the rosary which…
Pope Francis praises beatified Okla. priest as ‘courageous witness’ to the Gospel
The virtue and example set by Stanley Francis Rother, who over the weekend became the first U.S.-born priest and martyr to be beatified, has been praised by Pope Francis. Bl. Fr. Rother was killed on July 28, 1981, after returning to…
‘Not praying for leaders is a sin,’ says Pope Francis
Pope Francis has said that political leaders need to pray and that Catholics themselves must pray for those in power, even for those leaders they do not agree with, to help them make wise choices. Leaders should govern well like Solomon and…
Pope says traditional views of marriage, gender cast in stone
Pope Francis has said by the virtue of its very meaning, marriage can only be between a man and a woman. "We cannot change it. This is the nature of things," in the Catholic Church, and also in the history of humanity, the pope said in an…