Stories for week of February 22, 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Feb. 28

 Catholic health provider agrees to $42M settlement in class-action retirement lawsuit
 35% of Catholics in US have a bachelor’s degree
 Mauritania’s bishop pleads for missionaries
 Nigerian bishops condemn nation’s ‘bad leadership’
 Cincinnati sees highest number of conversions since 2009
 Prelates, in Minnesota, decry mass deportations
 Those who attend unapproved traditional Latin Masses are excommunicated, Brazilian archbishop declares
 Vatican announces 2026 stamps
 Pope thanks Bishop Varden for retreat, highlights references to Saints Bernard, Newman

Released Friday, Feb. 27

 Russian Catholic official calls says war with Ukraine ‘must end’
 Bishop Varden concludes retreat conferences to Pope, Curia with meditation on hope
 Controversial scholar withdraws from Notre Dame post [News Analysis]
 Syracuse diocese emerges from bankruptcy with $176M settlement
 Local bishop ‘grateful’ as pro-abortion professor declines Notre Dame institute post
 Arsonists attack church in Nigeria
 Christian woman denied burial in Indian village despite high court decision
 Vatican children’s hospital ranked among best in world
 USCCB, in Supreme Court briefs, argues against Trump administration on turnback policy, birthright citizenship
 Vatican diplomat calls for respect for rights to life, religious freedom; condemns focus on ‘new rights’
 Archbishop Gallagher urges Russia, Ukraine to respect international humanitarian law
 Cardinal Zuppi on Ukraine: Church calls for weapons to fall silent
 Bishop Varden preaches to Pope, Curia on God’s angels, ‘Bernard the realist’
 Vatican newspaper recalls migrant boat disaster

Released Thursday, Feb. 26

 Conversions surge in Melbourne, Australia’s largest diocese
 US bishops, Catholic organizations weigh in on Farm Bill
 Irish bishop criticizes synodality without doctrine
 India’s bishops condemn racial abuse, harassment
 Pontiff makes long-anticipated auxiliary bishop appointments in Rome
 Bishop Varden preaches to Pope, Curia on ‘fall of thousands,’ glory
 Pope Leo to visit 6 nations outside Italy this spring
 ‘We are all seekers of God,’ Pope writes in response to atheist’s letter
 Vatican spokesman criticizes those who see opposition between Pope Benedict, successors
 Ukrainian Catholic leader commemorates 4th anniversary of war
 ‘My country has become a dangerous place for priests,’ Mexican priest tells Vatican newspaper
 Pope Leo reflects on inculturation, offers Our Lady of Guadalupe as example

Released Wednesday, Feb. 25

 Record number of converts in Dublin
 Cardinals Müller, Sarah urge SSPX to submit to papal authority
 18 bishops suggest reforms to immigration enforcement
 USCCB urges Congress to act against ICE enforcement actions at churches
 Nigerian bishops elect new president from violence-plagued area
 Anglican bishop arrested in sexual assault inquiry
 Leading Philippine prelate recalls People Power Revolution, warns against moral fatigue
 Bishops call on EU to appoint coordinator against anti-Christian hatred
 Bishop Wilmer, proponent of changes to Catholic teaching, elected chairman of German Bishops’ Conference
 Peruvians recall future Pope Leo as disciplined, open-hearted man
 Bishop Varden preaches to Pope, Curia on ‘becoming free,’ ‘splendor of truth’
 Leading publishing house publishes book by Pope Leo
 Pope sends medicine, heaters to Ukraine
 Nuncio asks for prayer for Ukraine amid intensifying Russian attacks
 Vatican spokesman reflects on 4 years of destruction in Ukraine

Released Tuesday, Feb. 24

 Washington auxiliary bishop emphasizes that God is DEI
 Vatican cardinal: expand legal pathways to combat illegal immigration
 Record number of converts in Sydney archdiocese
 Christians may be buried in public cemeteries, India’s high court affirms
 Thousands venerate remains of St. Francis, exposed for first time
 ‘Stop the aggressor,’ Ukrainian Catholic leader pleads on 4th anniversary of invasion
 Christians must fight against evil, Mexican Primate says following drug lord’s killing
 Cardinal Parolin pays tribute to slain Italian diplomat
 Bishop Varden preaches to Pope, Curia on ‘entering Lent,’ ‘Bernard the idealist’
 Irish archbishop to lead 2 dioceses as consolidations continue

Released Monday, Feb. 23

 Nun murdered in Brazil
 Attack on Sacramento parish thwarted
 Central tower of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família completed
 Ukrainian bishop says local Catholic population has fallen by over 95%
 Archbishop Gallagher lauds example of Blessed Eduard Profittlich
 Pope, Curia begin Lenten retreat
 Pope Leo reveals he considered becoming a Salesian before joining Augustinians
 Pope Leo recalls Cardinal Pengo as ‘wise and gentle pastor’
 Nuncio steps down less than year after appointment
 5 beatification causes advance
 Hungary’s president meets with Pope, hails Vatican’s peace advocacy
 Vatican newspaper deplores Russian invasion of Ukraine on its 4th anniversary
 A sincere family spirit comes from the altar and the tabernacle, Pope tells religious institutes
 Pope offers encouragement to Italian bishops’ youth employment project

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