By Alyssa Murphy, National Catholic Register – As Pope Benedict XIV reminded us: ‘The Eucharist inexhaustibly strengthens the indissoluble unity and love of every Christian marriage.’… We are in the midst of National Marriage Week, an annual event that has been in practice for 30 years, always centered around Valentine’s Day, where love is in the air and couples actually do try to take the time to get a babysitter for a quick date night… Founded in the United Kingdom by Richard Kane, his motto was: “If you’re fortunate enough to be in a marriage, you should look after it.”

By Ammon Blair, The Federalist – “If these are not attacks upon the stranger among us, what is?” Mamdani asked. “There is no reforming something so rotten and base.”… This is an inversion of moral authority… Mass migration is framed as a moral and civilizational imperative, demanding compassion and openness, while serious pushback on enforcement is recast as intolerant, unjust, or even xenophobic. This framing mirrors elements of the Muslim Brotherhood’s doctrine of tamkeen (institutional entrenchment)… a phased civilizational strategy built on population presence, parallel institutions, resistance to full assimilation, and long-term influence over policy, law, and public narrative… The result is a classic hypocrisy cost in the weaponization of mass migration …

By Donald DeMarco, National Catholic Register – Welsh Archbishop John Murphy knew that the secular world places its hope on career, comfort and cash… During his tenure as archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, from 1961-1983, he became rightly known as “The Builder.” When he arrived in Cardiff, there were only two Catholic secondary schools in the whole of South Wales… Before the end of the decade, the archdiocese had established 14 comprehensive schools… (betwn.) 1960 and 1980, Archbishop Murphy supervised the building of 39 churches, 14 new secondary schools and 33 new primary schools. His achievement was both singular and historic. …

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – Mark 8:1-10 – 1 In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him, and said to them, 2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; 3 and if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come a long way.” 4 And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these men with bread here in the desert?” …

By Elise Winland, Zeale – The U.S. House of Representatives voted Feb. 11 to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, advancing a Republican-led effort to tighten election rules and require people to show proof of citizenship and voter ID before they can vote in federal elections… The bill cleared the chamber largely along party lines, by a vote of 218-213. Republicans unanimously voted in favor of it, and all but one Democrat — Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas — opposed it. An earlier version of the measure passed the House in April 2025 but stalled in the Senate amid Democratic opposition.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – No amount of regulation can fix a system that is predicated on encroaching on a child’s natural right to his biological mother and father… Eyebrows certainly raised in July 2025 when 21 children belonging to a Chinese couple were placed in state custody after a baby arrived at the hospital with a brain bleed. The real shocker came when news broke that most of the kids were under three years old, and many were reportedly created using a deceptive multi-state simultaneous surrogacy scheme called Mark Surrogacy… There are no laws banning the use of multiple simultaneous surrogacy ….

By Kari Lake, Newsmax Wires – Kari Lake  told Newsmax on Thursday that the Senate should pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, as it would “go a long way toward securing our elections.”… She questioned why some lawmakers appear unwilling to support it despite broad public backing…. On “Bianca Across the Nation,” the acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media noted polling showing “83% are for it,” adding, “I really question the 16%” who were shown to be against it.

By The Editors, Patriot Post – Canadian trans shooter, drug cartel drones, end of immigration crackdown in Minnesota, House passes SAVE Act, Bad Bunny lost nearly 10M viewers, and more…. Canadian trans shooter: The tragic school attack in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Tuesday claimed eight lives, not counting the deceased assailant. The 18-year-old attacker killed six at the school after killing his mother, who expressed support for trans rights, and his stepbrother at home. Early reports suggested that the “female gunperson” was actually a man who identified as a woman, which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has now confirmed. ….

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – More Catholic bishops are voicing sharp condemnation of the University of Notre Dame’s decision to appoint a pro-abortion professor to lead one of its academic institutes… Their condemnation is amplifying concerns that the move undermines the school’s Catholic mission and causes scandal among faithful Catholics… Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, became the latest church leader to criticize the appointment Thursday, saying he stands “in support of Bishop Rhoades and share his concern.” …

By Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer, OP, Catholic Exchange – The Sermon on the Mount raises the moral bar, as it goes beyond the mere letter of the Law into the spiritual depths of the heart. It challenges us to cultivate hearts attuned to the ways of God. Our righteousness is to exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees by not simply avoiding murder, adultery, and false oaths, but by living out the spiritual core of these commands from the heart.

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – Mark 7:31-37 – 31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis. 32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand upon him. 33 And taking him aside from the multitude privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue; …

By Suzanne Bowdey, LifeNews – Family Research Council’s Mary Szoch, director of the Center for Human Dignity, is equally emphatic that it’s time for the Trump administration to undo the damage done by Biden. “It’s disappointing that the FDA is continuing to drag out the studies of the abortion drug mifepristone… While we wait for these results, countless unborn children’s lives will be ended, and many of their mothers’ bodies will be maimed and their hearts broken. The Trump administration does not have to wait until the review is conducted to mitigate the damage caused by mifepristone.”

By Eddie Scarry, The Federalist – Just like the last time Democrats threw the government into a shutdown, they have no leverage but are now withholding votes to fund the Department of Homeland Security while making ridiculous demands that the Trump administration is entertaining… If Congress doesn’t push more money to DHS by Saturday, funding to TSA and FEMA will be cut off this weekend. Democrat leaders say they won’t agree to any deal that doesn’t reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is to say, make it effectively impossible to deport illegal aliens.

By Peter Wolfgang, Catholic Culture – Readers of this column know that I occasionally opine on matters of Biblical scholarship about which I have no expertise. Buckle up because I am about to do it again. In fact, it is because I have no expertise that I want to say something about this. Something on behalf of us little people, the non-experts… Last month I attended a Bible conference in Connecticut put on by the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. The talks were given by Scott Hahn, who founded the Center, along with two of the Center’s affiliated scholars, John Bergsma and Jeff Morrow.

By Alyssa Murphy, National Catholic Register – Delving even deeper into ways to quell the unease, the Register turned to not only Bishop Burbidge, but Msgr. Charles Pope, Dominican Father Joseph-Anthony Kress, Dominican Sister Mary Madeline Todd, Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Naumann, and EWTN Radio hosts Gregory Popcak and Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers… “We live in unsettling and stormy times as we witness riots in our streets,” Archbishop Naumann said.