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The Casaroli myth vs. the historical record
Posted on 02/25/2026 05:00 AM (Catholic World Report)
Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, Vatican Secretary of State from 1979 to 1990—and before that, the architect and chief diplomatic agent of the Ostpolitik of Pope Paul VI—initially played hard-to-get when I tried to interview him for [...]
Yes, Health is a Right
Posted on 02/25/2026 05:00 AM (Crisis Magazine)
Pope Leo is right: we do have a universal right to health.“Extra, extra!” News and views for Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Posted on 02/25/2026 04:00 AM (Catholic World Report)
How Have the Popes Treated the SSPX? (National Catholic Register): “As the Society of St. Pius X is again on the brink of schism, perhaps a more traditional approach from the Holy See would serve [...]
Alysa Liu and the Olympic Lesson We Almost Missed
Posted on 02/25/2026 03:26 AM (The Daily Register)
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Pro-life leader gives ‘State of the Unborn’ speech: Leaving issue to states ‘does not work’
Posted on 02/25/2026 00:46 AM (Catholic World Report)
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser expressed concern about the lack of action on abortion drugs and potential flexibility on taxpayer-funded abortion. Ahead of President Donald Trump’s Tuesday evening State of the Union [...]
Cuban bishop: The way people are living ‘is inhumane’; the country ‘has to change’
Posted on 02/25/2026 00:37 AM (Catholic World Report)
As living conditions in Cuba are worsening due to the U.S. oil embargo, a local bishop called for change and explained why the bishops put off their ad limina visit to Rome. Bishop Arturo González [...]
‘It is still hard’: Priest describes conditions in Ukraine 4 years into war
Posted on 02/25/2026 00:33 AM (Catholic World Report)
Russia’s repeated attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in January created “extreme hardship for the civilian population,” according to the United Nations Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. With millions of Ukrainians lacking access to water and heat [...]
Former Anglican seminary head received into the Catholic Church
Posted on 02/25/2026 00:28 AM (Catholic World Report)
The former head of an Anglican seminary has become the latest high-profile member of the Church of England to be received into the Catholic Church. Former Anglican seminary head Canon Robin Ward was received into [...]
Ukrainian bishops in the U.S. say Russia’s ‘genocidal intent is manifest’ at 4-year mark
Posted on 02/25/2026 00:25 AM (Catholic World Report)
“This winter, the harshest in years, has been deliberately exploited to break the spirit of a nation,” Ukrainian bishops said. “It is a war against the people. The genocidal intent is manifest.” Ukrainian Catholic bishops [...]