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Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, right, talks with his brother and farm manager, Cesar Marroquin, in a small field of vegetables growing on his farm, Salvatierra Farms, in Northfield, Minn., Friday, June 19, 2026. (Credit: Jessie Wardarski/AP.)

For these Midwest farmers, regenerative agriculture is about more than soil health. It’s spiritual

Sep 11
Jessie Wardarski

Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, the U.S. Bishops' Conference secretary, presents on the conference's new mission directive on Nov. 13. The new mission directive, which was overwhelmingly approved, prioritizes evangelizing the disaffiliated, unaffiliated, and young people. (Credit: USCCB Public Affairs.)

Archbishop asks for peace in a ‘fractured and divided world’ on 25th anniversary of 9/11

Sep 10
Crux Now Staff

The Harmony Hill campus is seen June 10, 2026, in Watertown, S.D. (Credit: Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch via AP.)

Monastery makeover: Nuns leave lasting legacy of service in Watertown, South Dakota

Sep 10
Bart Pfankuch/ South Dakota News Watch

Vice President JD Vance speaks at CompoTech headquarters, Monday, August 24, 2026 in Brewer, Maine. (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Pool Photo via AP.)

Vance talks about the end times and the attempted assassination of Trump in Christian podcast

Sep 2
Nicholas Riccardi

Vice President JD Vance waves as he disembarks Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, Md., following a trip to Maine, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Pool Photo via AP.)

Vance privately addresses Republican Jewish Coalition during tension over Israel and antisemitism

Sep 2
Thomas Beaumont

Nuns pray at the tomb of Archbishop Fulton Sheen at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, Ill., on July 15, 2026. (Credit: Jessie Wardarski/AP.)

He captivated millions on TV. Now Archbishop Fulton Sheen is one step closer to sainthood

Sep 2
Peter Smith

This undated photo provided by Vanderbilt University on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, shows Amy-Jill Levine, the first Jewish president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. (Credit: Daniel DuBois/Vanderbilt University via AP.)

A Jewish scholar chosen to lead the Catholic Biblical Association is hit by backlash

Aug 29
Peter Smith

People pray at a memorial at Annunciation Catholic Church the day after a school shooting, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Credit: Abbie Parr/AP.)

A year after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, documents detail swift response, little on motive

Aug 28
Claudia Lauer,
Mark Vancleave, Scott Bauer

Record-high number of assisted suicides in California

Aug 27
Crux Now Staff

A text book, shown Tuesday, Aug 11, 2026 in Washington, to be used by the Pentagon this fall when they will begin implementing a curriculum that centers on Western civilization and Christianity in the schools it operates for military families, part of an effort by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to redirect the education system toward patriotic values and classical learning. (Credit: AP Photo.)

US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity

Aug 16
Annie Ma,
Konstantin Toropin