Crux (online newspaper)

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Crux
Type Online newspaper
Founder(s) The Boston Globe
John L. Allen Jr.
Editor John L. Allen Jr.
FoundedSeptember 2014;8 years ago (2014-09)
Website cruxnow.com

Crux is an online newspaper that focuses on news related to the Catholic Church. From September 2014 until March 2016, it was owned by The Boston Globe . Since April 2016, it has been independently owned.

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History

Crux was launched in September 2014, as part of a project by The Boston Globe to sponsor multiple specialized websites. [1] [2] [3] It covered the Catholic Church and numerous subjects concerning life as a Catholic in the United States, including advice columns. [2] Crux featured deep coverage of the Holy See and employed a Vatican correspondent in its six-person editorial staff. Its associate editor was John L. Allen Jr., a long-time and well-known Vatican watcher. [4] Allen, together with Inés San Martín, today Rome Bureau Chief of Crux, [5] and Shannon Levitt, associate editor, [6] were the original founders of Crux, as he has referred to the news outlet after The Boston Globe decided to pull the plug. [7]

On March 31, 2016, The Globe ended its association with Crux, citing a failure to bring in expected ad revenue, and transferred ownership of the website to the Crux staff. [8] With Allen as the new editor, Crux received sponsorship from the Knights of Columbus and several Catholic dioceses. [3] [4] [9] As of 2018, Allen remains the editor. [10]

Crux's news reports have been quoted in numerous media, including The New York Times and The Washington Post . [11] [10] [12] Writing in the Italian news magazine L'Espresso , journalist Sandro Magister described Crux as "the leading Catholic information portal in the United States and perhaps in the world." [13]

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