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Catholic Pilgrims Take to the Seas

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Prelates, in Minnesota, decry mass deportations (The Catholic Spirit)

Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, joined Cardinal Robert McElroy, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, and over two dozen other bishops at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota for conversations about immigration.

At a February 27 Votive Mass of Solidarity with Migrants, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis preached:

I’ve been angry a lot in these recent weeks. I’ve been angry when our brothers and sisters have been intimidated to the point that they’re afraid to come to Mass, or to go to work, or to the doctor, or to take their children to school. … And I’ve been angry when I’ve felt helpless or unable to find the right words or the way forward to stop the madness unfolding before my eyes.

Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said at a press conference:

Catholic teaching supports a nation’s right to control its border, and in these cases, to deport those who have been convicted of serious crimes, especially violent crimes.

But to go into the heartland—and literally the heartland of our country—and to begin to deport in a way with almost a siege on the city of Minneapolis, to seek to deport millions of men, women and children, families who have often lived here for decades—many children who know no other country—is contrary to Catholic faith, and more fundamentally contrary to basic human dignity.

Pope thanks Bishop Varden for retreat, highlights references to Saints Bernard, Newman (CWN)

At the conclusion of the February 22-27 retreat to the Roman Curia, Pope Leo XIV thanked Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO, who preached the retreat conferences.

Those who attend unapproved traditional Latin Masses are excommunicated, Brazilian archbishop declares (Pillar)

Archbishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, OFM, of Maceió, Brazil, declared that Catholics who attended unapproved traditional Latin Masses are schismatics who have incurred automatic excommunication.

“The archbishop’s decree reminded local Catholics that, if they wish to attend a Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, they may do so at the authorized diocesan location, the Chapel of St. Vincent de Paul in the city of Maceió, where the Mass is celebrated every Sunday,” The Pillar reported.

Vatican announces 2026 stamps (CFN.va)

The Postal and Philatelic Service of the Vatican City State announced its 2026 postage stamps.

Among the 19 stamps are stamps commemorating the 8th centenary of the foundation of the Cathedral of Toledo, the 3rd centenary of the canonization of Saint. Aloysius Gonzaga, and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Venerable Pius XII, as well as a stamp portraying the Ukrainian Greek Catholic cathedral in Kyiv.

‘Philippine Rosary Crusade’ Launches to Coincide With Revolution’s 40th Anniversary

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An Angel Is a ‘Guardian of Holiness,’ Explains Bishop Varden

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Pew Report Finds 35% of US Catholics Are College Educated

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Feb. 28 Saturday of the First Week of Lent; Ember Saturday, Weekday

The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Louise de Marillac (1591-1660). She was born in 1592, and married in 1613. When her husband died she made a vow of widowhood and devoted herself entirely to works of charity. St. Vincent de Paul, who became her spiritual director, gradually initiated her into his own charitable works for the poor and afflicted, and in 1639 they founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity to which St. Louise dedicated the rest of her life. She was canonized by Pope Pius XI on March 11, 1934.

Russian Catholic official calls says war with Ukraine 'must end' (Vatican News)

The vicar general of the Latin-rite Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow called for an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine.

“I would say that people in Russia, Catholics also, have the same attitude towards the conflict that we have,” Father Kirill Gorbunov said in an interview with Vatican News. “It must end.”

“All the countless lives lost during this conflict speak for themselves,” he added. “The violence speaks for itself, and the desire is that it must come to a conclusion. This conclusion must be a just and lasting peace, and this is the hope, the expectation of Russian Catholics.”