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India’s Bishops Elect First Dalit President, Demand End to Conversion Laws

CBCI
Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (third from the left), outgoing president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), addresses a press conference on Feb. 3, 2026, before the start of the general body meeting in Bengaluru, India.

Cardinal Anthony Poola has become the first Dalit to lead India’s Catholic bishops as the conference calls for repeal of anti-conversion laws violating religious freedom.

BREAKING: U.S. Religious Liberty Commissioner Booted From Post

Andrew Harnik
U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by lawmakers and religious leaders, signs an executive order establishing the Commission on Religious Liberty during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 1, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Former Miss California Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission.

Notre Dame’s Leaders Are at Odds With Pope Leo

Rebecca D Lev
University of Notre Dame main building with the Golden Dome on the top

EDITORIAL: By elevating an abortion advocate to head its Asian studies institute, the university’s administration is advancing a fatally fractured vision of ‘integral human development.’

Democratic Lawmaker Asks ICE Director If He’s ‘Going to Hell’ in Fiery Hearing

Samuel Corum
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott (left), Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Joseph Edlow (center), and Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons testify during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Feb. 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

Top U.S. immigration officials defended their policies during a contentious hearing as lawmakers continue to negotiate potential ICE funding and reforms.

Might Does Not Always Make Right, or Even Sense

Win McNamee
Politcal advisor Stephen Miller (L) and White House assistant to the President Natalie Harp walk up the airstairs as he boards Air Force One on January 27, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is en route to Clive, Iowa for a rally with supporters where he is expected to talk about energy and the economy in his speech.

COMMENTARY: American foreign policy has always sought to advance the national interest, which means it has always had a realist component. But the 'national interest' is not a concept somehow outside the realm of moral reason.