Jesuit Refugee Service looks at years of abuse at UK detention centers
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Abuse and mistreatment remain endemic throughout immigrant detention centers in the UK, according to a new report by the Jesuit Refugee Service UK (JRS UK). The agency on Wednesday published a new report, After Brook House: Continued Abuses in Immigration Detention, which says patterns of mistreatment detailed by the Independent Inquiry […]
Florida lawsuit claims Biden administration regulations ‘fundamentally redefine the practice of medicine’
NEW YORK – A lawsuit filed by the State of Florida and on behalf of the Catholic Medical Association (CMA) claims that new non-discrimination regulations implemented by the Biden administration is unlawful overreach that will “fundamentally redefine the practice of medicine.” On May 6, the federal register officially published changes the Department of Health and […]
Australian bishops approve new aboriginal liturgy
ROME – Amid the Catholic Church’s push under Pope Francis to increasingly engage with and welcome indigenous peoples and cultures, Australia’s bishops have approved a new liturgy incorporating elements of Aboriginal language and culture. Called the “Mass of the Land of the Holy Spirit,” or Missa Terra Spiritus Sancti in Latin, the liturgy was formally […]
One year after the stroke: Managing Editor of Crux looks back
[in the early hours of May 8, 2023, Crux’s managing editor Charles Collins suffered a devastating stroke and was rushed to the hospital in the UK, where he, his wife Claire and their two boys live. He was in several hospitals for five months, and had a series of surgeries and other crises, but returned […]
Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Politicizing Theology – “It is important to diagnose the current cultural malaise not through the prism of categories such as capitalism and communism, right and left, but the underpinning metaphysical ideologies of materialism and relativism.” […]
Day 129: David Commits Adultery (2024)
Fr. Mike breaks down David’s tragic downfall as he commits adultery with Bathsheba and kills her husband, Uriah the Hittite. We learn that David’s road to grave sin began with small acts of disobedience and selfishness. Today’s readings are 2 Samuel 11, 1 Chronicles 14-15, and Psalm 32. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. […]
Pope at Audience: The world needs Christian hope
Pope Francis reflects on the theological virtue of hope as he continues his cycle of catecheses on the vices and the virtues. Read all
Palestinian theologian John Munayer aims to work for justice, reconciliation
This past Sunday marked the International Day of Prayer for Eastern Christians. In Jerusalem, Christian theologian John Munayer aligned spirituality with identity.
‘Dignitas Infinita’ and the importance of human dignity
I have been reading and reflecting on Dignitas Infinita (“Infinite Dignity”), the declaration on human dignity published last month by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. It is an important restatement of the Catholic vision for the human person, and it comes at a time when there is widespread confusion about where […]
A round-the-world conversion
Michael Cardona, then known as Madhavananda das Babaji, was enjoying life as a Hindu guru in India in 2018, when he sensed Jesus calling him. Christ showed him the suffering he had caused by leading thousands of Christians to renounce their faith, he said. “He told me, you can come back to me if you […]