News Roundup - Week of February 12

Jimmy Lai
Sheen beatification
immigration profiling
Author

Kate Olivera

Published

February 12, 2026

Summary

A Hong Kong court has sentenced pro-democracy Catholic publisher Jimmy Lai to twenty years in prison. The Vatican approved the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Cardinal Blase Cupich claimed federal immigration officers were racially profiling Catholic priests in Chicago, while dozens of Catholics were kidnapped in two separate attacks in Nigeria. A Nigerian bishop announced that a new seminary will be established in his diocese.

Key Topics

Jimmy Lai, Sheen beatification, immigration profiling


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