Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law School who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, argues that “February 28, 2026, will forever mark the day that the United States began a war on Iran that will be compared with the disastrous March 2003 invasion of Iraq.”
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Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’ gets cleanup as tide of visitors to Sistine Chapel grows
A thin, white film caused by decades of rising visitor numbers has dulled the dramatic contrasts of Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’ in the Sistine Chapel.
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Sorrow, shock for Catholics in Middle East as US and Israel strike Iran amid negotiations
Bishop Aldo Berardi, apostolic vicar of northern Arabia, issued a Feb. 28 statement on Facebook, urging the faithful “to remain calm, united in prayer, and attentive to the safety of everyone.”
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U.S. bishops support lawsuit against Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship
The U.S. bishops and a Catholic immigration advocacy group were among those who offered their support to a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.
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US cardinals and pope’s ambassador decry mass deportations in Minnesota
“I’m very proud, personally, to see our church, you know, be on the side of those who suffer,” Cardinal Pierre said, adding that Pope Leo XIV agreed with the U.S. bishops’ support of migrants.
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Highlights from Pope Leo’s hand-picked preacher for Curia’s Lenten retreat
“It is tempting to think we must keep up with the world’s fashions. It is, I’d say, a dubious procedure. The Church, a slow-moving body, will always run the risk of looking and sounding last-season,” Bishop Varden told the pope and cardinals.
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Pope Leo XIV pens book introduction: Peace is a gift—and a responsibility
“Our heart is the most important battlefield,” Pope Leo writes. “It is there that we must learn the bloodless but necessary victory over the impulses of death and the tendencies toward domination: only peaceful hearts can build a world of peace.”
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After abortion advocacy controversy, professor withdraws from Notre Dame institute appointment
A professor at the University of Notre Dame has declined a research appointment at the school, following weeks of outcry from students, staff and several U.S. Catholic bishops, over her prominent advocacy for abortion.
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Pope Leo XIV to embark on 10-day Africa tour and trips to Spain and Monaco
The Vatican said peace and care for the poor will be central themes of the African journey, which will also bring him in the footsteps of St. Augustine.
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Cardinals Müller, Sarah urge SSPX to submit to papal authority
“The only solution possible in conscience before God is for the Society of St. Pius X … to recognize our Holy Father Pope Leo XIV as the legitimate Pope not only in theory but also in practice, and to submit to his teaching authority and his primacy of jurisdiction without preconditions,” wrote Cardinal Gerhard Müller.