Archive for September 18, 2025

Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA and a vocal evangelical Christian who was assassinated on Sept. 10, 2025, speaking at an event in Texas in 2018.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Utah seeks death penalty for Tyler Robinson in Charlie Kirk murder

Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray announced he is seeking the death penalty for Tyler Robinson, the man charged with murdering... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for his weekly general audience on Sept. 17, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Pope Leo XIV on Vatican’s finances: ‘I’m not losing sleep over it’

The Holy Father made the remarks as part of a wide-ranging interview with Crux senior correspondent Elise Ann Allen. Read more

In his homily at the Sept. 13, 2025, diaconate ordination of nine Mill Hill Missionaries members, Bishop John Oballa Owaa of the Diocese of Ngong in Kenya lauded young members of the congregation for not allowing anything to stand in their way to evangelize.?w=200&h=150

By Agnes Aineah

Kenyan bishop lauds courage of seminarians choosing dangerous missionary work

Bishop John Oballa Owaa lauded nine young members of the Mill Hill Missionaries congregation for not allowing anything to stand... Read more

Pope Leo XIV presides over his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Leo XIV: My priority is the Gospel, not solving the world’s problems

Pope Leo XIV gave an interview for the biography “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century,”... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for his Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 14, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Leo XIV signals potential shift on China, talks Trump and Gaza

Pope Leo XIV signaled he may be open to future changes to the Vatican’s controversial deal with China, saying that... Read more

Gunmen on motorbikes reportedly shot dead at least 22 people at a baptism ceremony in an attack on a village in western Niger. The Sept. 15, 2025, attack happened in the Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso and Mali, where jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group are active.?w=200&h=150

By Jude Atemanke

Gunmen on motorbikes kill 22 at baptism ceremony in Niger amid rising violence

Multiple media reports indicate that the Sept. 15 attack happened in a region near Burkina Faso and Mali, where jihadist... Read more

Ethics and Public Policy Center scholar Mary Rice Hasson praised the Bishop of Toledo's recent pastoral letter, titled "The Body Reveals the Person: A Catholic Response to the Challenges of Gender Ideology."?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Toledo bishop’s letter on gender ideology ‘timely’ and ‘loving,’ Mary Rice Hasson says

Mary Rice Hasson, head of the EPPC’s Person and Identity Project, praised Toledo Bishop Daniel Thomas’ pastoral letter on sex... Read more

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By Daniel Payne

Federal government cancels grants for fetal human tissue research

Here’s a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.  Read more

Three Augustinian nuns (pictured on Sept. 16, 2025) fled their nursing home and returned to their convent in Austria.?w=200&h=150

By Alexander Folz

Elderly nuns escape nursing home in Austria and find way back to convent

Three elderly nuns have made international headlines and gained Instagram followers after fleeing a nursing home and returning to their... Read more

“[Kirk] gave his life in following his Lord, as a sacrifice for the truth that man is made in God’s image, male and female, and in opposition to the lies and self-mutilation promoted by so-called ‘trans ideology’" said Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Cardinal Müller calls Charlie Kirk a ‘martyr’ for Christ, rebukes ‘satanic celebration’ of death

German Catholic Cardinal Gerhard Müller referred to Charlie Kirk as “a martyr for Jesus Christ” and condemned the “satanic celebration”... Read more