VP says Trump will not get US into years-long war; Sec. Rubio: Iran must never possess a nuclear weapon; US sinks 11 Iran warships in Gulf of Oman; Oil prices jump to over $70 amid Iran war; Victor Davis Hanson: You can’t negotiate with ‘fanatic ideologues’; SCOTUS: California can’t hide kids’ gender presentation from parents; SCOTUS blocks New York’s bid to redistrict GOP seat ahead of midterms; Detroit Catholic school boys serve as pallbearers for homeless veterans; Venerable Sheen reminder: ‘When God is quiet, He is closer than ever’; Catholics celebrate the second American-born saint to be canonized by the Catholic Church; and more —
Trump: Dems Would Back Iran Strike If Not Done by Me
President Donald Trump on Monday blasted Democrat lawmakers who criticized his administration’s joint military action with Israel targeting Iran’s authoritarian leadership and military assets, accusing them of opposing the strike simply because he ordered it.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump defended the operation as “very necessary and important” and said his political opponents would have demanded similar action had he not authorized it.
Trump wrote: “The Radical Left Democrats, a Party that has completely lost its way, are complaining bitterly about the very necessary and important attack, by the United States and Israel, on Iran.
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VP on war with Iran
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Sec Rubio on war in Iran
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US sinks Iran’s warships in the Gulf of Oman
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Oil prices jump to over $70 amid Iran war, Strait of Hormuz shipping fears
Oil prices spiked Monday to nearly $80 a barrel amid the United States’ war with Iran, as shippers are being cautious about entering the Strait of Hormuz – a major shipping channel.
International standard Brent crude prices reached a new 52-week high on Monday, increasing by 8.6% at $79.11 per barrel, while U.S. oil traded 7.6% higher at $72.12 per barrel, The Associated Press reported. Meanwhile, natural gas futures in Europe increased more than 40% after Qatar halted production due to the war.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate prices also jumped to more than 7.4% to $72.01 at 6:00 a.m. ET, according to CNBC.
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US service members killed in action
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Downed US pilot in Kuwait
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Victor Davis Hanson: You Can’t Negotiate With The ‘Fanatic Ideologues’ in Iran
‘I think their strategy, to tell you, was kind of a Muhammad Ali ‘Rope-a-Dope’ where they were going to ride it out. And then Trump would be gone in three years, and people would be angry, and you’d get a Joe Biden, or… better yet, you would get an [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] or a Squad member, or a [Gavin] Newsom or [Kamala] Harris, and then you’re home free to get the bomb.’
Watch at The Daily Signal and Victor Davis Hanson
You Don’t Hate Media Enough: NYT, WaPo Remember Ayatollah As ‘Cleric’ With ‘Easy Smile’ – essay by Brianna Lyman
If you thought The Washington Post’s infamous decision to describe ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as an “austere religious scholar” was a once in a lifetime lapse in editorial judgement, you were mistaken. With the death of Iran’s brutal dictatorial supreme leader, both The New York Times and The Post are back to remind you that legacy media still has no shame.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s longtime supreme leader responsible for executions, censorship, repression, and sponsoring terrorist groups worldwide, was killed in an airstrike on Saturday. His death comes weeks after his regime oversaw the execution of tens of thousands of Iranians who took to the streets to protest his very rule.
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Pastor David Nasser, Who Fled Iran as a Child with His Family in 1979, Shares His Faith – “The Fastest Growing Church in the World Right Now is Actually the Underground Christian Church in Iran”
Pastor David Nasser, who fled Iran as a child with his family in 1979, was on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream.
Pastor Nasser talked about how his family left during the Islamic Revolution.
“David Nasser was 9 years old in 1979, when his family fled the violent revolution happening in Iran. They came to the US, where David is now an author, pastor, and speaker,” Bream said.
“David, you and your family have an amazing story. How does the news of this weekend sit with you in light of that?” Bream asked.
“We are waking up to the hope that this is the dawn of a new season. My family and I escaped from Iran when I was 9 years old, when the Iranian Revolution happened. My father was high-ranked in the military, and so we were forced to escape and run for our lives,” Nasser said.
Read more at Gateway Pundit; watch @FoxNewsSunday
SCOTUS Blocks New York’s Bid To Redistrict GOP Seat Ahead Of Midterms
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SCOTUS: California can’t hide kids’ gender presentation from parents
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Another individual arrested for the invasion of Cities Church in Minnesota
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Notre Dame students gather in prayer after Ostermann withdrawal
Students at the University of Notre Dame gathered Friday for a prayerful “March on the Dome” following Professor Susan Ostermann’s decision to decline her controversial appointment as director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.
Students processed Feb. 27 to the university’s grotto, sang Marian hymns, prayed, and lit candles in thanksgiving for the result.
The march, organized by students Luke Woodyard and Gabriel Ortner, was originally planned to protest the appointment of Professor Ostermann, an outspoken proponent of abortion, though it shifted focus following her declining of the position. …
Following the event, students and faculty called for further action from the university.
Ortner specifically expressed his desire for rectification, explaining, “Ostermann may have stepped down, but the university has officially had no part in that. They have issued no apology, and have not taken action against those who made this appointment.”
Read more at The Pillar
Detroit Catholic School Boys Serve as Pallbearers for Homeless Veterans
See @father_rmv; see also @Sachinettiyil
An incoherent USCCB intervention on birthright citizenship – commentary by Phil Lawler
In the amicus brief urging the US Supreme Court to restore the “birthright citizenship” policy that was ended by a Trump executive order, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) argues that the key consideration is “whether the law will protect the human dignity of all God’s children.”
So is birthright citizenship—that is, the longstanding American policy offering citizenship to anyone born on US soil—an absolute requirement for human dignity? If birthright citizenship is a fundamental human right, why has it not been recognized by most other nations? Why is it not accepted in Vatican City?
True, Vatican City is an unusual nation-state, with special legal status. But if this is a fundamental human right, it should apply everywhere. And if it is not a fundamental human right, why are the US bishops presuming to speak on this highly charged political issue—going so far as to proclaim (as one section heading of the brief asserts) that Trump’s executive order is “immoral”?
Valid arguments can be made for and against birthright citizenship. But to frame the argument in starkly moral terms, suggesting that the tradition of Catholic social teaching weighs against any such restriction on legal citizenship, is more than presumptuous; it is incoherent.
Read more at Catholic Culture; read also the USCCB Amicus Brief (February 2026)
Pius XII Expert: No Serious Historian Can Call Him ‘Hitler’s Pope’
On the 150th anniversary of Pius XII’s birth, Emilio Artiglieri pays tribute to the late wartime pontiff and challenges a longstanding smear campaign that includes a new Netflix film.
March 2 mark[ed] the 150th anniversary of the birth of Eugenio Pacelli, who became Pope Pius XII and whose life and pontificate remain among the most studied and debated of the modern papacy.
To mark the occasion, the Register spoke Feb. 27 with Emilio Artiglieri, president of the Pope Pacelli Committee – Pius XII Association, which for many years has held cultural events in Rome to encourage historical discussion about him, and highlight his wide-ranging teachings on theology, morality, society and bioethics.
Artiglieri also discusses whether the “black legend” that has sought to smear the late pontiff for many years has succeeded; a new film that further tries to blacken his name; how Pius might have dealt with today’s SSPX-Holy See standoff, and why the late pontiff continues to inspire both devotion and scholarly interest.
Read more at the National Catholic Register
WHEN GOD IS QUIET, HE’S CLOSER THAN EVER – FULTON SHEEN MESSAGES
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Tuesday is traditionally considered St. Anthony’s Day
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Today is the Feast Day of St. Katharine Drexel
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Saint Katharine Drexel: A Life of Caring and Service
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