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John Lavenburg

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John Lavenburg is an American journalist and the national correspondent for Crux. Before joining Crux, John worked for a weekly newspaper in Massachusetts covering education and religion.

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People line up to place carnations in memory of suicide victims during the Diocese of Phoenix’s Mass of Remembrance at Ss. Simon & Jude Cathedral in Phoenix Sept. 4, 2022. (Brett Meister/The Catholic Sun via CNS)

Faith

Ministry helps families of suicide victims

John Lavenburg|Nov 8, 2022|5 Min Read

A Venezuelan migrant in Mexico City holds his baby Oct. 27, 2022, as he waits on the sidewalk with his family outside the Mexican Commission for Aid to Refugees. (CNS photo/Raquel Cunha, Reuters)

Medical clinic launched in Mexico to support migrants stuck at border

John Lavenburg|Nov 2, 2022|3 Min Read

The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington Jan. 22, 2020. (CNS photo/Sarah Silbiger, Reuters)

U.S. bishops list priorities for new Congress in 2023

John Lavenburg|Oct 27, 2022|3 Min Read

A poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping hangs next to a crucifix on the wall of the house of a Tibetan Catholic on Christmas Eve in Niuren village, in China's Yunnan province, in this Dec. 24, 2018, file photo. (CNS photo/Tyrone Siu, Reuters)

World

U.S. religious freedom commissioner: Vatican should ‘rethink’ China agreement

John Lavenburg|Oct 26, 2022|4 Min Read

People in St. Louis embrace following a shooting at a high school Oct. 24, 2022. (CNS photo/Holly Edgell, NPR Midwest Newsroom via Reuters) EDITOR'S NOTE: NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MUST DISCARD 30 DAYS AFTER DOWNLOAD.

After school shooting, St. Louis archbishop calls for tackling ‘dual crises’ of mental health, violence

John Lavenburg|Oct 25, 2022|3 Min Read

Migrants, mostly from Venezuela, walk near the border wall in El Paso, Texas, Sept. 11, 2022. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Bishop urges leaders to overcome partisan divide to solve immigration crisis

John Lavenburg|Oct 19, 2022|3 Min Read

Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., offers a reflection on the urgent need for nuclear disarmament during a prayer service for United Nations diplomats at the Church of the Holy Family in New York City Sept. 12, 2022. The service, hosted by the Vatican's permanent observer mission to the U.N., was held on the eve of the opening of the 77th session of the U.N. General Assembly. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

World

On Cuban Missile Crisis anniversary, archbishop calls for nuclear disarmament

John Lavenburg|Oct 18, 2022|4 Min Read

Nikolas Cruz, facing 17 charges of premeditated murder in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., appears in court for a status hearing in Fort Lauderdale in 2018. (CNS photo/Mike Stocker, pool via Reuters)

Archbishop calls school shooter’s life sentence a ‘severe and just punishment’

John Lavenburg|Oct 14, 2022|3 Min Read

Msgr. Robert Weiss speaks to young women inside St. Rose of Lima Church during a vigil service the evening of the Sandy Hook shooting Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. Eight of the children who died in the shooting were St. Rose parishioners and Weiss presided over their funerals. (CNS photo/Andrew Gombert, pool via Reuters)

Connecticut priest says Alex Jones’ $965 million verdict ‘a matter of justice’

John Lavenburg|Oct 13, 2022|4 Min Read

Guns are displayed in the Queens borough of New York City June 12, 2021, after a gun buyback event organized by the New York City Police Department. In a decision issued June 23, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to limit state and local governments from restricting people's ability to carrying guns outside the home. (CNS photo/Eduardo Munoz, Reuters)

Bishops ‘heartened’ by proposed gun legislation; ‘troubled’ by Court public-carry decision

John Lavenburg|Jun 24, 2022|4 Min Read

Third graders walk through a hallway at Christ the King School in Nashville, Tenn. (CNS photo/Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Register)

New program offers alternative credentials for Catholic school teachers

John Lavenburg|Jun 15, 2022|4 Min Read

People in Shanghai, China, attend an Easter Vigil service April 3, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Aly Song/Reuters, CNS via Crux)

World

U.S. religious freedom body highlights Nigeria, Russia in new report

John Lavenburg|Apr 28, 2022|6 Min Read

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