ROME — Six years ago, Andrea Rubera married his partner in Canada, where the couple later became parents of three young children. But when they returned to their native Italy, a transformation ...
https://cruxnow.com/life/2016/01/italy-is-divided-over-the-effort-to-legalize-civil-unions-for-gays/
In a holiday season teeming with traditions, the enduring (and illegal) practice of pilfering baby Jesus statues from nativity scenes appears to be alive and well, particularly in northern New Je...
https://cruxnow.com/church/2015/12/thefts-of-baby-jesus-statues-unnerves-new-jersey-churches/
Like a polite guest at a dinner party, the advertising industry typically avoids bringing up religion. But there are some advertisers — including Ram Trucks and the smartphone accessories compa...
https://cruxnow.com/life/2015/12/god-may-forgive-ads-that-offend-but-customers-probably-wont/
On Ireland’s windswept west coast, the rare day of fine weather finds a few dozen intrepid tourists descending on the tiny fishing village of Portmagee. There, they board boats to one of the co...
https://cruxnow.com/life/2015/12/star-wars-fever-extends-to-an-ancient-irish-island/
If you love television Christmas specials, your list of what’s great about them probably includes their shameless sentiment, their schmaltzy outfits, and their incongruous bills of comedic and ...
https://cruxnow.com/life/2015/12/the-ghosts-of-tv-christmas-specials-past/
Noel (Kentucker Audley), the appropriately named protagonist of “Christmas, Again,” approaches the holiday season more as he would a duty than an occasion for good cheer. For a brief period e...
https://cruxnow.com/life/2015/12/review-christmas-again-about-holiday-loneliness/
“A Very Murray Christmas” premieres Friday on Netflix. In “The Judy Garland Christmas Show” of 1963, an early example of what soon became a genre, Garland has a duet with Mel Tormé. They...
https://cruxnow.com/life/2015/12/a-very-murray-christmas-a-holiday-special-for-the-disillusioned/
NEW YORK — In 2009, Augusto Cortez, a Roman Catholic priest, pleaded guilty to forcible touching of a 12-year-old girl in Brooklyn. He was sentenced to six years probation, but was allowed to r...
https://cruxnow.com/church/2015/11/long-island-family-sues-over-alleged-molestation-by-priest-2/
“The city flourishes when its great institutions work together,” says the cardinal to the newspaper editor during a friendly chat in the rectory. The city in question is Boston. The cardinal ...
https://cruxnow.com/life/2015/11/in-spotlight-the-boston-globe-digs-up-the-catholic-churchs-dirt/
Pope Francis has injected new energy into the Catholic Church with an outspoken manner and teachings that emphasize mercy over moralizing. In style and substance, his approach to the issues confr...
https://cruxnow.com/papal-visit/2015/09/pope-francis-on-major-issues-of-concern-to-americans/