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Tex-Mex border bishops say ‘Our role is to be pastors’
Posted on 02/27/2026 23:03 PM (Catholic World Report)
Bishops from the Texas-Mexico border region met to discuss their role on both sides of the border, as well as the recent wave of violence in Mexico. A group of bishops from the Texas-Mexico border [...]
Historic Vermont campus offered free to Catholic nonprofit by donor
Posted on 02/27/2026 22:58 PM (Catholic World Report)
Entrepreneur Raj Peter Bhakta said he seeks a Catholic nonprofit to apply by March 31 to “revive” the former campus of Green Mountain College for “future generations of the Catholic Church.” The owner of a [...]
Catholic bishops to Supreme Court: Abandoning birthright citizenship ‘immoral’
Posted on 02/27/2026 22:54 PM (Catholic World Report)
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is asking the Supreme Court to uphold birthright citizenship. However, not all Catholics agree with this interpretation of Church social teaching. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has [...]
Abortion advocacy group in El Salvador announces its legal dissolution
Posted on 02/27/2026 22:48 PM (Catholic World Report)
El Salvador passed a Foreign Agents Law requiring NGOs with foreign backing to register as such. Faced with that obligation, an abortion advocacy group decided to dissolve rather than register. The Citizens’ Group for the [...]
Pew report finds 35% of U.S. Catholics are college educated
Posted on 02/27/2026 22:41 PM (Catholic World Report)
The number of college-educated Catholics falls in line with the overall share of U.S. adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher, the report said. The Pew Research Center released a report examining religious groups’ levels [...]
Religious freedom commission urges State Department to add Turkey to ‘special watch list’
Posted on 02/27/2026 22:35 PM (Catholic World Report)
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom similarly called for the State Department to pressure Turkey over its treatment of Christians in 2025. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is urging the State [...]
Vatican issues stamp honoring Ukrainian Catholics as war enters fourth year
Posted on 02/27/2026 22:30 PM (Catholic World Report)
The stamp features the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv. A new Vatican stamp issue honoring Ukrainian Catholics marks three major milestones for the Catholic Church in Ukraine, even as [...]
What the Transfiguration Teaches Us About Life
Posted on 02/27/2026 22:22 PM (The Daily Register)
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St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows: The rich young ruler who chose Christ
Posted on 02/27/2026 21:12 PM (Catholic World Report)
February 27th is the feast day of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. The Passionist saint was born in Assisi, Italy, on March 1, 1838, and baptized Francesco Possenti on the same day, not [...]
The Ostermann Fiasco Is Over. Notre Dame’s Catholic Identity Crisis Is Not
Posted on 02/27/2026 21:09 PM (The Daily Register)
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