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Gov. Pillen of Nebraska: ‘There’s No Way I Could Possibly Be Governor Without My Faith’, by Madalaine Elhabbal – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Public Domain. File: Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen Visits Nebraska National Guardsmen Supporting the Upcoming 60th Presidential Inauguration (8835248) (cropped).jpg. January 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal, EWTN News, February 23, 2026

Madalaine Elhabbal is a staff reporter for EWTN News based at the Washington, D.C. headquarters. See full bio

 

Gov. Jim Pillen of Nebraska talks to EWTN News about his Catholic faith, events that have shaped his life, the pro-life cause, immigration, and America’s 250th anniversary.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gov. Jim Pillen of Nebraska is “full of extraordinary gratitude” to not only be Nebraska’s leader but also to simply be alive.

Pillen, 70, a native of Columbus, Nebraska, began his State of the State on Jan. 15 by recalling a horseback riding accident that nearly killed him last year. He told EWTN News in an exclusive interview Feb. 19, when he was in Washington, D.C., for the Governors Association 2026 Winter Meeting, that “it was an extraordinary faith moment.”

“I call it a life-giving moment, because if I had fallen a couple of inches the wrong way, I wouldn’t be here,” he said. “I’m just full of extraordinary gratitude, and am pretty convinced the good Lord said, ‘I need more of you, and I have plans for you to do things,’ so I’m just trying to be an obedient servant.” …

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