RUBIO’S MUNICH SPEECH DRAWS GLOBAL PRAISE, SIGNALS NEW CHAPTER FOR ALLIANCE
Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered what supporters are calling a defining foreign policy speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, outlining President Donald Trump’s vision for a revitalized transatlantic alliance rooted in sovereignty, shared heritage, and renewed Western strength…READ MORE >
ICE MUST ALLOW COMMUNION, DISTRIBUTION OF ASHES AT ILLINOIS DETENTION CENTER, JUDGE SAYS
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview, Illinois, must accommodate Catholic clergy who wish to provide detainees with ashes and Communion on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, according to a federal court ruling…READ MORE >
ARCHBISHOP CORDILEONE RALLIES BEHIND BISHOP CALLING FOR NOTRE DAME TO DEMOTE PRO-ABORTION PROFESSOR
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and several other bishops rallied behind Bishop Kevin Rhoades in his denunciation of the promotion of a vehemently pro-abortion professor at the University of Notre Dame…READ MORE >
1 IN 4 POST-ABORTIVE WOMEN REGRET ABORTION DECADES LATER, STUDY FINDS
A new study found that 1 in 4 women regret their abortion decades after undergoing the procedure. The study, published in the International Journal of Women’s Health Care, measured the levels of distress abortive women feel years after having an abortion…READ MORE >
BISHOP ELEGANTI WARNS SSPX CONSECRATIONS WITHOUT PAPAL MANDATE WOULD BE ‘SCHISMATIC ACT’
Bishop Marian Eleganti has said that any episcopal consecrations carried out by the Society of St Pius X without a papal mandate would constitute “a schismatic act”, insisting that visible and canonical unity with the Pope is inseparable from being part of the Church…READ MORE >
SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS BAND TOGETHER TO SHUT DOWN REPARATIONS FUND, CLAIMING IT’S ‘DIVIDING’ THE CITY
Richie Greenberg, one of the plaintiffs suing San Francisco over its reparations fund, claimed the measure is divisive because it solely favors Black residents. It is dividing the city rather than trying to unite…READ MORE >
RUBIO MEETS WITH ZELENSKYY AHEAD OF CRUCIAL GENEVA TALKS
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, saying that President Donald Trump wants a solution that ends the bloodshed once and for all…READ MORE >
HOW A POPE ‘CHRISTIANIZED’ ENGAGEMENT RINGS
The history of engagement rings extends almost as far back as the history of rings themselves. “Engagement season” takes place between Christmas and St. Valentine’s Day — with an estimated 6 million proposals taking place on Feb. 14 — and there is a Catholic connection with engagements and rings (and the betrothal rite too)…READ MORE >
