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Maxime Bernier denounces radical ‘trans ideology’ after Canadian school shooting

'How many more must die before we end this toxic ideology?' the People's Party of Canada leader asked after a shooting rampage left eight dead and no less than 25 injured.

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Anthony Murdoch

• Feb 12, 2026

Alabama governor signs Child Predator Death Penalty Act into law

Crimes of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, and first-degree sexual assault of victims under age 12 would automatically become capital offenses punishable by death.

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Doug Mainwaring

• Feb 12, 2026

Cardinal Fernández tells SSPX superior that Vatican II documents ‘cannot be corrected’

The Vatican's immovability chills the likelihood of an agreement with the SSPX, given that the Society has repeatedly insisted parts of Vatican II texts contradict magisterial teaching.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Feb 12, 2026Feb 12, 2026

Indiana will no longer let gender-confused people change sex on drivers licenses, IDs

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ web page says that, starting on Thursday, the bureau will no longer allow legal gender changes, due to an executive order signed by Gov. Mike Braun.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Feb 12, 2026

Clergy support bishop’s call for Notre Dame to stop promotion of pro-abortion professor

Among those backing Bishop Kevin Rhoades' opposition to the elevation of a known abortion supporter to a leadership position are Bishops Michael Olson and Robert Barron.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Feb 12, 2026

West Virginia advances bill to crack down on mail-order abortion pills

Physicians who violate the bill would lose their medical licenses, and non-physicians would face between three months to 10 years in prison for helping women obtain abortion pills.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Feb 12, 2026

California bishops slam US immigration policies, claim ‘synodality’ can unite faithful on issue

The California Catholic Conference webinar did not mention the Biden administration’s open border policies, a root cause of today’s immigration enforcement controversy.

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Robert Jenkins

• Feb 12, 2026Feb 12, 2026

Bishop Eleganti urges Church leaders to ‘admit their own failures since Vatican II’

Pope Leo XIV has already celebrated the very changes of Vatican II that Bishop Eleganti has lamented: those of the liturgy and of ecumenism.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Feb 12, 2026

Florida pageant queen loses title for refusing to accept transgender ideology

Kayleigh Bush says four weeks after her winning the pageant, the Miss America organization insisted she sign a contract accepting eligibility of males posing as ‘trans women.’

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Myles Allman

• Feb 12, 2026Feb 12, 2026

Michigan sued for trying to force pro-life groups to hire pro-abortion employees

Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit on behalf of Right to Life of Michigan and Pregnancy Resource Center after the state changed its employment law to ban ‘discrimination’ based on ‘termination of a pregnancy.’

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Calvin Freiburger

• Feb 12, 2026

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Maxime Bernier denounces radical ‘trans ideology’ after Canadian school shooting

Alabama governor signs Child Predator Death Penalty Act into law

Cardinal Fernández tells SSPX superior that Vatican II documents ‘cannot be corrected’

Indiana will no longer let gender-confused people change sex on drivers licenses, IDs

Clergy support bishop’s call for Notre Dame to stop promotion of pro-abortion professor

West Virginia advances bill to crack down on mail-order abortion pills

California bishops slam US immigration policies, claim ‘synodality’ can unite faithful on issue

Bishop Eleganti urges Church leaders to ‘admit their own failures since Vatican II’

Florida pageant queen loses title for refusing to accept transgender ideology

Michigan sued for trying to force pro-life groups to hire pro-abortion employees