Charles Collins

England

Managing Editor at Crux Now

Charles Collins is the Managing Editor of @Crux. All Tweets are his own. He is no longer in Rome.

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Pope Leo XVI warns against ‘selling yourself to the first bidder’

3 days ago | cruxnow.com | Charles Collins |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to not delay in pursuing their faith during his Wednesday General Audience. He was speaking about the parable on the laborers in the vineyard Jesus gives in the Gospel of Matthew, when the landowner hires people at different hours of the day but gives them all the same wages.
The deep structural reform awaiting Leo XVI beneath the Becciu soap opera

6 days ago | cruxnow.com | John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen |Christopher R. Altieri

ROME – For the outside world, it’s perhaps Pope Leo’s pleas for cease-fires in Gaza and Ukraine that have attracted the most attention since his election just over three weeks ago. For Catholic insiders, all manner of papal acts have generated reaction, from his sartorial touches, his use of sung Latin in public prayer, and even his few personnel moves.
Catholic nun in Africa urges Church to address sexual abuse of women religious

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – In the face of histories of abuse and cover-up by the Church, a Catholic nun in Zambia has challenged Church leaders to stem the tide of abuse against women religious wherever and whenever it happens. Sister Linah Siabana was speaking during the Symposium and 6th Annual General Meeting of the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (COMSAM) in South Africa that ended May 30.
Peru abuse victims applaud Vatican mission, request meeting with Pope

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Eduardo Lima

ROME – Former members of a suppressed scandal-plagued Peruvian lay group, along with peasants who claim to have been routinely harassed by the same group, have issued a joint call for justice, reparation and a meeting with Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo visits ecological site inspired by Francis’s ‘Laudato si”

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Eduardo Lima

ROME – Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit on Thursday to Castel Gandolfo, the traditional papal summer residence, to visit an ecological project launched under Pope Francis. According to a Vatican statement, the pope was welcomed by Italian cardinal Fabio Baggio, undersecretary of the Dicastery for Integral Human Development, as well as the Operations Director for the ecological project, American Father Manuel Dorantes.
Even after pope’s election, number of Catholics continues to decrease in Peru

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Eduardo Lima |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – After Pope Leo XIV’s election on May 8, a new survey shows the percentage of Catholics continues to decrease in Peru. It was conducted by the Peruvian Studies Institute (known as IEP in Spanish), an independent social science think tank. In its previous research, carried out in November of 2024, IEP had shown that 63.5 percent of the Peruvian people declared to be Catholic.
Academy for Life gets new leader with difficult tightrope to walk

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Eduardo Lima

ROME – On Monday, the Pontifical Academy for Life announced that after the at times tumultuous tenure of its previous leadership, Italian priest, bioethicist and physician Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro has been named as its new president. In a May 27 statement, the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) said that Pegoraro, who previously served as chancellor of the academy, meaning its de facto second-in-command, had been tapped as president of the institution, founded by Pope John Paul II in 1994.
Ghana bishops raise the alarm over illegal mining

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Catholic bishops in Ghana have again raised alarm over the scale of illegal mining in the country, saying that what should have been a national blessing has turned out to be a curse of national proportions. Ghana leads gold production in Africa, yielding roughly 130 tons every year. Gold comprised over 93 percent of its 2019 mineral revenue, with other minerals contributing less.
Pope issues appeal for peace in Ukraine, Gaza amid fresh violence

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Joseph San Mateo

ROME – Pope Leo XIV Wednesday appealed for an end to hostilities in both Ukraine and Gaza, asking for dialogue, the cessation of violence, the freedom of Israeli hostages and for humanitarian law to be respected.
British Archbishop of Liverpool speaks of ‘deep sadness’ after car crash injures nearly 50 people

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Charles Collins |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Joseph San Mateo

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – A car injuring almost 50 people in the English city of Liverpool was “tragic and appalling,” according to the city’s new archbishop. On Monday, thousands of people attended a victory parade for Liverpool PC, which won this year’s Premier League soccer title. A car ran into a crowd watching the celebration, injuring dozens, including at least four children. A 53-year-old white British man was arrested, and police are not treating the incident as terrorism.