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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.
Pope Francis on Easter expressed "sadness and pain" at the multiple bombs that exploded in several churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, killing and wounding hundreds. "I wish to express my affectionate closeness to the Christian community,…
Pope to celebrate Holy Thursday Mass with inmates
Pope Francis will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper with inmates near Rome. The Mass includes the foot-washing ritual conducted on Holy Thursday, one that commemorates the Gospel narrative of Jesus washing the feet of…
Boston cathedral to finish $26 million overhaul by Holy Week
BOSTON — A $26 million project to renovate the Cathedral of the Holy Cross is on track for completion by Palm Sunday in time for Holy Week liturgies. The main sanctuary of the cathedral is due to reopen in April with a first Mass scheduled…
Pope says Lent time for conversion, not ego
Pope Francis offered reflections for Lent in a letter released by the Vatican that was broken into three sections: The redemption of creation, the destructive power of sin, and the healing power of repentance and forgiveness. In the wake of…
Four-day Vatican summit has ‘changed’ bishops
VATICAN CITY — Although brief, the gathering organized by Pope Francis was long enough for participants to identify what allowed the Church to cover up sexual abuse cases. Survivors' personal testimony played a crucial part in the Church…
McCarrick’s defrocking ‘a step in the right direction’
Clerical sex abuse survivors have hailed the Vatican's decision to remove from the priesthood Theodore McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington. Pope Francis confirmed the removal of the 88-year-old just days before the…
Francis urges young people to spread hope, act now
Pope Francis praised the work of volunteers in his closing Mass at World Youth Day in Panama on Jan. 27, using them as a symbol of how more young Catholics should venture out into the world and spread hope. "You have had a more lively and…
The world’s young Catholics converge on Panama
The World Youth Day celebration opens in Panama on Tuesday, one day before Pope Francis is scheduled to arrive there and just months after the bishops' synod special assembly on young people. Wealthier and more politically stable than its…
Bishops’ meeting in Rome aims to ‘end sex abuse cover-ups’
Ensuring there are no more cover-ups of child sex abuse is one of the chief goals of the Feb. 21–24 meeting of bishops in Rome, said Andrea Tornielli, editorial director for the Vatican Dicastery for Communication. Pope Francis ordered the…
Vatican has had its head in the stars for centuries
The Vatican has been closely following the progress of astronomy, such as the NASA probe hovering over the celestial body farthest away from Earth, Ultima Thule, on New Year’s Day. On the eve of the Epiphany, La Croix looks at the Vatican…