By Ken Cuccinelli and Benjamin Osborne, Chronicles – America’s Constitution is not a manifesto. It is a structure. Like all enduring structures, it was built not only for fair weather but for storms. The men who framed the schematics had lived through rebellion, occupation, and civil war. They knew that a republic without a final authority is not a republic at all, but a temporary truce among factions. For this reason, they designed a political framework that tolerates dissent, sanctifies local life, and yet reserves, in the last instance, a national power capable of preserving the whole.

By Kennedy Hall, Crisis Magazine – There are a host of Catholic commentators who express their disdain for the “disobedience” of the SSPX but at the same time find themselves disobedient to certain Vatican commands. … All people of good sense should understand that obedience is not the same thing as blind compliance, and, if obedience is a virtue, which it surely is, it must be oriented toward the good—the highest of which is the salvation of souls… Granted, I understand men of good will disagree on the SSPX question. But please, unless you are prepared to swallow the whole Conciliar Experiment hook, line, and sinker, do not accuse the SSPX of disobedience as if it is a sin unique to them. Things are more complicated than that, so we should speak and act accordingly.

By Scott McKay, The American Spectator – Paxton may have just turned a Texas primary into a test for the entire Senate GOP… 1. The Art of the Deal in Texas?… In yesterday’s column discussing the utter weirdness of the Democrats’ gay-preacher Senate nominee in Texas, James Talarico, I floated a rumor that had been circulating that President Trump would endorse incumbent Republican John Cornyn in return for some specific performance by the Republican Senate Caucus… Specifically…

The Dynamic Catholic Institute – Saint Colette Boylet faced the stark choice of absolute surrender or personal struggle when she received a vision of Saint Francis of Assisi. She could either argue with this divine message, or give her complete surrender, not just of her own plans, but of her whole life to God’s will.

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – Matthew 21:33-46 – 33 “Hear another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. 34 When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to get his fruit; 35 and the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Texas Democrat James Talarico once called on the federal government to hire abortionists to kill babies… The leftist Senate hopeful wanted Joe Biden to spend taxpayer dollars to hire abortionists as employees and open abortion businesses on federal property — including in every courthouse and national park — to expand the killing of unborn babies across the nation… In a June 24, 2022, letter to Biden, then-state Rep. Talarico urged “extraordinary steps” to counter pro-life protections enacted after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

By M.D. Kittle, The Federalist – If President Donald Trump is looking for a senator who embodies the spirit and action of “Republican in Name Only,” he couldn’t find no better man than milquetoast Texas Sen. John Cornyn… The four-term RINO locked in a contentious GOP primary run-off battle against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton boasts a storied Senate career of genuflecting at the altar of the Swamp. Cornyn has been begging for Trump’s platinum endorsement more shamelessly than he’s prostituted himself for establishment cash.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture – The tendency to pay more attention to a hot topic, and neglect an enduring concern, is not limited to political matters. Inside the Church there is a special emphasis on “synodality,” and a sense of urgency about organizing the discussions and listening sessions to promote the “synodal” Church. Meanwhile the proportion of Catholics who attend Mass and marry in the Church and baptize their children continues to decline; young Catholics are still leaving the church in droves.

By Kenneth Joe Galloway, Catholic Exchange – In Part 1, I discussed the transformation of the cross from a symbol of extreme cruelty to one of love. This radical shift prompts us to ask why God chose the cross and crucifixion as the central symbol and event, respectively, upon which Christian salvation rests. In Part 2, I will attempt to address the second question ….

By Thomas V. Mirus, Catholic  Culture – It has been almost three hundred years since the Catholic Church first condemned Freemasonry—when on April 28, 1738, Pope Clement XII published a bull forbidding all Catholics to join Masonic lodges. The prohibition, on pain of excommunication, of Catholics from becoming Masons has remained ever since, with the Church clarifying multiple times in recent years that the ban is still in effect.

By Charles Coulombe, Crisis Magazine – To the most holy emperor Constantine, Equal-to-the-Apostles, to his mother Helena; to the Orthodox emperors Theodosius the Great, Theodosius the Younger, Justinian; to the most pious Grand Duke Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles, to the Grand Duchess Olga, and all other Orthodox emperors and empresses, princes and princesses, eternal memory! —Byzantine Liturgy, Sunday of Orthodoxy (First of Lent)… As Lent of 2026 goes on, Europe, the Mother Continent, is actually at war—not on one but at least four different fronts. There is, of course, the actual shooting war in Ukraine, which has gone on for four years in its current form and almost eleven in terms of guerilla fighting. This pits Russia against Ukraine, the latter supported by the European Union and the United States.

By Ashlynn Lemos, LifeNews – James Talarico, a Texas lawmaker, won the Democratic race to run for U.S. Senate. As a Democrat, he strongly supports abortion. What has surprised many Texans is not just his position, but the way he defends it. He says the Bible supports his view… Talarico grew up in a Christian Presbyterian church and often talks about his faith. But his explanation of Scripture ignores what the Bible teaches about the value of Life, especially the lives of babies in the womb. …

By Christopher M. Reilly, Catholic World Report – The use and proliferation of artificial intelligence technology (AI) can generate vice and, ultimately, sin. Not always, for AI is a fascinating product of human creativity that promises many practical benefits as well as harmful uses. Nevertheless, there is a powerfully provocative and concerning effect, a great inducement to adopt the vice-like habit of instrumentality—willful submission to the means-end logic of instrumental rationality—that aligns with the core nature of AI.

By Jonah McKeown, National Catholic Register – Anthropic had been in talks with the Pentagon as part of a $200 million contract negotiation that would have expanded Anthropic’s products throughout the U.S. defense apparatus. But the talks fell apart in late February in dramatic fashion… Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, pushed in public statements and in direct negotiations for Anthropic to allow the government to put its AI technology to work for “any lawful use” — including fully autonomous weapons systems and the mass surveillance of U.S. citizens… When Anthropic refused to “in good conscience” allow those uses of its product, the government took the unprecedented step of designating Anthropic as a “supply chain risk” …

By Juan Miguel Ibáñez de Aldecoa Quintana, Catholic Exchange – The history of Western thought can be read as a long dialogue between faith and reason. Far from being an inevitable confrontation, it has often been a demanding conversation—at times tense, yet profoundly fruitful. From the Church Fathers to contemporary physicists, humanity has sought to understand the mystery of the universe and the meaning of its own existence, accepting that all understanding is partial and provisional.