About Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse
Welcome to Crux! We’re an independent Catholic news site, operated in partnership with the Knights of Columbus.
We hope you’ll find the site lively, engaging, topical, and thoughtful.
Crux strives to cover the worldwide institution of the Catholic Church, from the papacy to the hierarchy to local dioceses. We’ll explore the theology, doctrine, liturgy, practices, and traditions of Catholicism in the context of the life of modern-day Catholics, giving full voice to disagreements and challenges facing the Church and Catholics.
We’re committed to balance and fairness, striving to build a “Catholic commons” in which believers of different outlooks, backgrounds, and experiences can come together to build friendships and exchange views.
Finally, we hope you’ll join in to help us build an engaged community of Catholics and non-Catholics alike who come here to comment on current events and discuss social, theological, ethical, and spiritual issues.
Crux staff
John L. Allen Jr., the editor of Crux, specializes in coverage of the Vatican. More Inés San Martín is the Vatican correspondent for Crux, stationed in Rome. More 
