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The Bishops and the Consecration

This week, the bishops of the U.S. gathered in Orlando, Florida, for their annual spring plenary meeting, and their most pressing task was the consecration of the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Register staff writer Gigi Duncan and EWTN News staff reporter Tessa Gervasini were there and join Register Radio to tell us what happened. And then … Register staff reporter Matt McDonald discusses a newly released report that a University of Notre Dame rector sexually abused students there for 17 years. What is the latest in yet another Notre Dame controversy?

Matthew Bunson, Shannon Mullen Register Radio July 10, 2026

US Bishops Release Archbishop Sample Video, Resources on Consecrating Nation to the Sacred Heart

In a video message, Archbishop Alexander Sample reflected on the meaning and history of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Madalaine Elhabbal/EWTN News English Nation May 11, 2026

Bogotá Cathedral Begins Jubilee Year Marking Bicentennial of Its Consecration

The Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá, an epicenter of faith and a benchmark of culture and art, has witnessed the events of the city and the country.

Cynthia Perez/CNA News April 20, 2022

From Coast to Coast, US Bishops Join in the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine

The Mass in Philadelphia was one of dozens that took place across the United States, as bishops answered the Pope’s call to pray the consecration prayer together.

Joe Bukuras/CNA Nation March 25, 2022

Consecration of Russia and Ukraine (March 26)

Pope Francis, joined by the bishops of the world, consecrated themselves, the Church, humanity and specifically Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25. Why was this event so important? What more can be done for peace? Register staff writer Joseph Pronechen offers us a refresher on the messages of Our Lady of Fatima and how we can follow her direction. Then we have an Editors’ Corner to look at Pope Francis’ new apostolic constitution on the Roman Curia, the sixth anniversary of Mother Angelica’s death, and a new Catholic news agency in Mother Angelica’s name in Erbil, Iraq.

Jeanette De Melo Register Radio March 25, 2022

Now It’s Time to Do Our Part in the Conversion of Russia

Sister Lúcia said Our Lady asked for observance of the Five First Saturdays devotion, and especially desired ‘the sanctification of our daily life.’

Patti Maguire Armstrong Blogs March 25, 2022

Pope’s Consecration of Russia and Ukraine Is a Supreme Act of Trust in Our Lady

COMMENTARY: The consecration of the entire world and the human race to the Immaculate Heart of Mary was the manifest desire of the Roman Pontiffs in 1942, 1952, 1964, 1982, 1984, 2000 and 2013.

Father Raymond J. de Souza World March 16, 2022

Pope Francis Will Consecrate Russia and Ukraine to Mary — What Does That Mean?

Russia has been consecrated before. So has the whole world, actually.

Jonah McKeown/CNA World March 15, 2022

Catholic Bishops to Consecrate Middle East to the Holy Family

Patriarch Pizzaballa explained that the Mass initiative would take place each year on the “Peace Day for the East.”

CNA Staff World June 16, 2021

Catholics Mark Centenary of Poland’s Consecration to the Sacred Heart

Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik, spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, said that the act of consecration should not be regarded simply as a historical event.

Catholic News Agency World July 27, 2020