By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – In a game for the ages, the U.S. men’s national hockey team defeated Canada in the 2026 Winter Olympics championship on Sunday. The victory came on the 46th anniversary of the infamous 1980 Miracle on Ice, which was the last year the American men’s team won gold… The Americans’ road to the winner’s circle was by no means an easy feat… Leaving everything out on the ice — including some of his teeth — Team USA forward Jack Hughes delivered when it mattered most. …

By Mike Parrott, Crisis Magazine – In such a landscape, audiences may rediscover an older standard: stories rooted in truth, animated by moral imagination, and ordered toward meaning rather than spectacle. The future of storytelling may depend less on innovation than on recovery: a return to forms and themes that have always spoken most deeply to the human heart.

By Catholic Apostolate Center Feast Days – St. Polycarp was a follower of St. John the Evangelist. He had the opportunity to learn about the life of Jesus from those who had walked with the Lord during his time on earth. St. Polycarp was in the second generation of Church leaders, and he had to navigate a lot of questions and heresies in the absence of the apostles. When making challenging decisions for the early Church, he tried to imitate the grace and charity of Jesus. Polycarp became Bishop of Smyrna.

By Diego Passadore, Catholic Exchange – On November 29, 2025, on the eve of the Feast of St. Andrew, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and Pope Leo XIV signed a historic Joint Declaration at the Phanar in Istanbul, where both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the goal of restoring full communion between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. They expressed a shared desire to find a solution for all Christians to celebrate Easter on the same day every year, following the “providential” occurrence of a shared Easter in 2025. This is an auspicious time to act and increase the hope that Ecclesia will revive!

By Helen Raleigh, The Federalist – Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023), which banned affirmative action in college admissions, many experts, university officials, civil rights advocates, and government leaders warned about sharp declines in black and Hispanic enrollment. Yet a new report suggests that these predictions were overly pessimistic and failed to reflect the full scope of the situation.

By Dan Hart, The Daily Signal – Lawsuits filed by young people who were permanently disfigured by procedures attempting to reassign gender are multiplying, and more and more professional medical associations are backing away from endorsing the procedures for minors. Experts like Walt Heyer, who formerly spent eight years living a transgender lifestyle, say it’s just the beginning of a burgeoning movement… On Jan. 30, a New York jury awarded 22-year-old woman Fox Varian $2 million after she sued a psychologist and a plastic surgeon for deviating from standard medical practice and informed consent when they pushed her toward getting a double mastectomy at the age of 16 amid feelings of confusion over her identity as a female.

By Cassy Cooke, Live Action News – Key Takeaways: Of an estimated 300,000 American children being trafficked, it is estimated that just 1% are identified as victims and given the opportunity to escape… Most trafficking victims know their traffickers, and 90% experience pregnancy at some point during their victimization… Safe House Project has created an app, Simply Report, to help those who recognize the signs of trafficking to safely and quickly report what they have seen.

By M.C. Holbrook, Catholic Exchange – There is a beautiful portrait hanging in the Dallas Museum of Art entitled, “Pietà,” painted in 1876 by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.  As the title suggests, it is the image of Mary holding the lifeless body of Christ immediately after His crucifixion. … But in Bouguereau’s depiction, Mary is not looking down upon the face of her Son in tender sorrow. Her sorrowful eyes are looking at us, the viewers beholding the scene. Her eyes almost say to us, “See what I endure for you.”

By Elizabeth Yore, Substack – What lies at the throbbing, blood-soaked heart of the gut-wrenching Epstein disclosures? Not merely names on flight logs or grainy photos from a private island hellscape. No… It is the savage, systematic slaughter of innocence itself—the precious, irreplaceable bloom of childhood, trampled, commodified, and discarded by the very men and women the world once hailed as its guardians and titans… Presidents. Prime ministers. Nobel laureates. Rock-star academics. Billionaire scientists. The globe’s most celebrated philanthropists—smiling in their TED Talks, virtue-signaling from Davos stages—frolicked like devils in the predator’s sandbox.

By Daniel Waldow, Crisis Magazine – Yet my desire to understand the SSPX is not merely speculative but also practical: I have friends and family members who, despite being raised in Novus Ordo parishes, have become faithful attendees at SSPX chapels and have married lifetime members of SSPX chapels. I thus now have in-laws who grew up exclusively attending SSPX Masses, and all indications are that they are intelligent, virtuous people with a strong Christian faith. Consequently, I want to better understand the beliefs and teachings of this group which has now entered the life of my extended family.

By Hannah Brockhaus, EWTN News – Nearly 400,000 people are expected to venerate the saint’s relics while on public display through March 22… Hundreds of pilgrims lined up before dawn on Sunday to be among the first to pray before the exposed relics of St. Francis in his basilica in Assisi, Italy… The saint’s bones will lie in a glass box through March 22 — fully visible outside the stone tomb in a crypt where they usually rest — as hundreds of thousands of people venerate the holy remains. …

By Gayle Somers, Catholic Exchange – The Gospel reading begins with the phrase, “At that time,” to describe this scene of Jesus’ temptation by the devil.  At what time?  In the previous chapter, Jesus had just been baptized in the Jordan River, even though John protested.  Jesus insisted that He be treated like all the others there seeking a renewal in their relationships with God.  When He came up out of the water, a Voice from heaven spoke, saying, “This is My beloved Son, with Whom I am well-pleased” (Mt. 3:17). 

By Craig Bannister, Media Research Center, NewsBusters – The ruling does not invalidate all of Trump’s tariffs – just those imposed by his use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Rep. Meuser explains: “First, the Court did not strike down the President’s broader trade authority. The President retains extensive tariff authority under longstanding statutes… “All tariffs imposed under those authorities remain fully in effect,” Meuser says… “While the Court has now limited one of those tools, the President retains powerful and proven authorities to ensure our trading partners honor their commitments.”

By Lisa Bourne, LifeNews – A pro-life rally in response to a baby reportedly left to die after a failed abortion drew thousands in Queensland, Australia, last week, according to organizers… “Last night thousands rallied in Brisbane in memory of baby Samuel,” South Australian pro-life advocate Joanna Howe posted on social media. “We will stand in the gap for him and fight for him and every baby.”… The image of baby Samuel went viral after Howe posted it Feb. 3, along with details about his situation.

By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine – Prejean is being held up to universal opprobrium. Maybe she was wrong in these interventions. Maybe she was wrong in her assertions. But does she deserve these two minutes of hate?… Lest anyone accuse me of Jew hatred, let me make it abundantly clear that I would welcome with open arms all 15 million Jews in the world to move into my state of Virginia, most especially the orthodox; maybe not the Soros types, but sure, bring them, too… I have always loved my Jewish brothers and sisters. I fondly remember Deborah Calabrese bringing in the Menorah to our goyishe third-grade class in Columbia, Missouri. ….