Boller Exits Religious Liberty Commission, Notre Dame Appointment Controversy, Cardinal Dolan's New Job, and More

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Feb. 11, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

Read the stories in this episode:

• Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from the Religious Liberty Commission after a commission hearing on antisemitism at which the Catholic conservative commentator. initiated some tense exchanges with Jewish American witnesses.
• Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, is urging the University of Notre Dame to halt the appointment of faculty member Susan Ostermann, who advocates openly for abortion, as head of one of the school's research centers. 
• A stone from the Porziuncola -- the tiny chapel where St. Francis of Assisi founded the Franciscan order and later died -- has arrived in the Arabian Peninsula, marking a major spiritual moment for Catholics in the Gulf.
• Pope Leo XIV marked the World Day of the Sick on Feb. 11 by praying at the Lourdes grotto in the Vatican Gardens, asking Our Lady of Lourdes to accompany all who suffer around the world. 
• Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, retired archbishop of New York, is the new co-chief chaplain of the New York Police Department, sharing the role with the Rev. A.R. Bernard of Brooklyn's Christian Cultural Center, a nondenominational megachurch.