La Croix (International)

La Croix (pronounced in French as [laˈkʁwa]; meaning "The Cross" in English) is a daily newspaper in France that focuses on general interest topics from a Roman Catholic perspective. Based in Paris, it has a circulation of nearly 110,000 copies as of 2009, reaching readers all across the country. The newspaper does not align strictly with either the left or right side of the political spectrum but instead reflects the viewpoints of the Church on various issues. It should be noted that La Croix is not solely a religious publication; it covers a wide range of subjects including global news, economics, spirituality, parenting, culture, and science. The newspaper actively promotes traditional Catholic values while embracing modern technology and innovative distribution methods.

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To end one’s life with an ascent

1 week ago | international.la-croix.com | Arnaud Alibert

The disciples stand with their eyes raised to the sky, watching the one who taught them how to truly love disappear from view. It’s the moment of the Ascension. From the outside, it might just look like a painful farewell. So, where does the truth lie? One thing is clear: it's a moment of heartbreak for these friends. No doubt, in quiet murmurs—because they don’t dare to cry out loud—they’re saying, “Stay with us; we still need you so much!” And yet, there is joy, too. The story isn’t over.
In Armenia, Karabakh refugees struggle to survive as aid dries up

1 week ago | international.la-croix.com | Thomas Guichard

Karine Sahakian no longer watches the news. The 45-year-old prefers oldvideos of her pigs — once happily trotting through the garden of her home inHadrut, a town in Nagorno-Karabakh now emptied of its Armenian residents. Forced to flee to neighboring Armenia in 2023 as Azerbaijan retook theenclave by force, Sahakian released her 40 pigs into the wild. “What amistake,” she says repeatedly.
Leo XIV draws on Augustinian roots to shape his papacy

1 week ago | international.la-croix.com | Youna Rivallain

Pope Leo XIV entered the Order of Saint Augustine at age 22, and hisspirituality has been deeply shaped by the rule and thought of St. Augustine ofHippo. Augustine’s legacy emphasizes interiority, the search for peace, and thepursuit of unity—hallmarks that have already emerged in the new pope’s earlygestures. From his first words on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo XIV set thetone.
Making the tough call

1 week ago | international.la-croix.com | Arnaud Alibert

Our lives are full of moral dilemmas, as St. Thomas More liked to say. Choosing a pope. Picking the right school for your kids. Taking a stand in the end-of-life debate. Not all decisions carry the same weight, of course, but they all stir an inner debate. That personal tug-of-war—the discomfort of weighing options, the doubt that we’ve made the right call—can wear us down. So how do we avoid getting stuck there? Believers often turn to God, asking for light in moments of decision.
Cardinal Robert Sarah mamed Pope Leo XIV’s special envoy to Sainte-Anne-d’Auray

1 week ago | international.la-croix.com | Youna Rivallain

Putting to rest weeks of speculation, Pope Leo XIV announced May 24 that Cardinal Robert Sarah, the Guinean prelate and former prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, will serve as his special envoy to the sanctuary of Sainte-Anne-d’Auray this July. The cardinal will preside over liturgical celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of the apparitions of Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, to Breton farmer Yvon Nicolazic between 1623 and 1625.
Refugees describe the horror of South Sudan’s renewed war

2 weeks ago | international.la-croix.com | Augustine Passilly

Brothers Tut Wiw, 28, and Tut Mok, 31, arrived at Gambela Primary Hospitalin western Ethiopia on March 7 after a harrowing four-day escape from forcesloyal to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. “It was 7 a.m. when soldiers in SSPDF [South Sudan People’s Defense Forces]uniforms stormed our home. They killed five of our brothers,” said the youngerTut, who was shot twice in the left shin. His older brother was hit by threebullets that shattered his right shin.
In Armenia, the genocide’s memory lingers in limbo

2 weeks ago | international.la-croix.com | Thomas Guichard

The sound of Edita Gzoyan’s heels echoes on the museum’s tiled floors as sheleads visitors to a small corner dedicated to France. Behind glass are clericalwritings, diplomatic cables, and other artifacts. Gzoyan is the director of theArmenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI), perched on the hills overlookingYerevan. The museum preserves evidence of the systematic massacres ordered bythe Young Turk regime starting in April 1915.
The apostolic succession continues

2 weeks ago | international.la-croix.com | Arnaud Alibert

Since bishops have no children, though one could sarcastically point to more than a few exceptions in church history, apostolic succession refers not to a legal inheritance, but to the human chain formed by successive bishops. Each one is ordained by the laying on of hands from a bishop ordained before him. From bishop to bishop, ordination to ordination, the line traces back to the apostles.
US philanthropists are paralyzed by fear since Trump’s return

3 weeks ago | international.la-croix.com | Noémie Taylor-Rosner

Benjamin Soskis: In recent weeks, a few foundations here and there have announced anincrease in their contributions. This includes the MacArthur Foundation, whichsupports projects addressing climate change, prison overpopulation, and nuclearthreats. They've pledged to raise their endowment from 5% of income generatedby their financial assets to at least 6% over the next two years. But that remains exceptional.
'Leo XIV is a Pan-American pope,' says U.S. theologian Massimo Faggioli

3 weeks ago | international.la-croix.com | Mélinée Le Priol

Massimo Faggioli: The atmosphere was electric! Not only is Villanova the university where Robert Francis Prevost studied, it also belongs to the Order of St. Augustine, which he once led as superior general. He’s truly a hometown figure. The university’s staff has followed his career closely over the years, first as a bishop and then as a cardinal, long before the conclave. The Augustinians at Villanova know him well and are incredibly proud.