http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com Tue, 21 May 2013 04:54:54 GMT http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=149&page=580 The action that the Holy Spirit carries out, in guiding the Church and within each of us, was the theme chosen by Pope Francis for his catechesis in today's general audience, with Pentecost drawing near. Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss149 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=148&page=580 VATICAN CITY (VIS) – Eastertide, which culminates with the Solemnity of Pentecost when the Church relives the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, is the perfect time of the Holy Spirit,” the Pope explained to the 75,000 persons present in St. Peter's Square to attend his Wednesday general audience. Wed, 08 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss148 http://www.southtexascatholic.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=1276 CCD students from St. Mary Mission in Robstown released several blue balloons up into the gray sky on the morning of April 28. The event concluded National Child Abuse Awareness Month in honor of all children who die of abuse every year. All CCD students from pre-kinder to High School gathered outside of the small mission church for a prayer led by their pastor, Father Anthony Blount, before they released the balloons. Wed, 01 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss147 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=146&page=580 VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called for an end to slave labor and human trafficking as well as greater efforts to create dignified work for more people. Wed, 01 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss146 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=145&page=580 Pope Francis dedicated the catechesis of his Wednesday, April 24, general audience to three Gospel texts that help us to enter into the mystery of one of the truths professed in the Creed: that Jesus “will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead”. The three texts are: the parable of the 10 virgins; the parable of the talents; and the final judgment. They all form part of Jesus' teaching on the end of time in the Gospel of St. Matthew. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss145 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=144&page=580 VATICAN CITY, (VIS) – The meaning of the Ascension, the event culminating Jesus' earthly life, was the central theme of Pope Francis' catechesis during the Wednesday, April 17, general audience celebrated in St. Peter's Square and attended by more than 50,000 people. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss144 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=143&page=580 Sunday, April 15, Pope Francis presided over Mass at Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls on his first visit to that basilica as Bishop of Rome. Concelebrating with the Holy Father were Cardinal James Michael Harvey, archpriest of the basilica, and Abbot Edmund Power, O.S.B., of the St. Paul Outside-the-Walls Abbey. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss143 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=142&page=394 WASHINGTON—A statement by Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, expressed “deep gratitude” and “solidarity and appreciation” for litigants challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate, which forces employers to pay for contraceptive services even over their religious and moral objections. The statement was issued April 8. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss142 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=141&page=580 Vatican City (VIS) – The Holy Father dedicated his catechesis of this Wednesday's general audience to the salvific importance of Jesus' resurrection. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss141 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=140&page=580 Vatican City (VIS) – The Resurrection, the heart of the Christian message, and the two ways it is announced—profession of faith and narration—were the themes with which Pope Francis returned to the catechesis for the Year of Faith in this morning's general audience. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss140 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=139&page=637 On February 8-9, 2013, the Corpus Christi Diocese Cursillo Movement hosted a Region 8 Cursillo Encounter. This was the first time our diocese hosted a Region 8 encounter. (Read more here.) Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT rss139 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=137&page=394 WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Eleven Republican members of Congress filed a brief supporting conscience provisions in one lawsuit fighting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' contraceptive mandate. Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:00:00 GMT rss137 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=136&page=394 WASHINGTON—Congress should incorporate two provisions that strengthen conscience protection in any proposed funding bills in the weeks ahead, said Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore in a February 15 letter to Congress. Both provisions were part of the House draft of the Labor/HHS appropriations bill. Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:00:00 GMT rss136 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=135&page=580 VATICAN CITY (VIS) – Pope Benedict XVI dedicated the catechesis of his weekly General Audience to the season of Lent, which began that day, Feb. 13. "Forty days," he said, "that prepare us for the celebration of Easter. It is a time of particular commitment in our spiritual journey…Forty days was also the period that Jesus spent in the desert before beginning his public life, when he was tempted by the devil." Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:00:00 GMT rss135 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=130&page=394 ERIE, Pa. (CNS) -- Erie Bishop Lawrence T. Persico said he was disappointed a federal judge dismissed the diocese's case against the federal contraceptive mandate as premature but also said he found encouragement in the decision. Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:00:00 GMT rss130 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=129&page=394 WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Jan. 25 dismissed a lawsuit filed against the federal contraceptive mandate by the Archdiocese of Washington and its co-plaintiffs, saying the case is premature in light of the government's "promises to amend the mandate." Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:00:00 GMT rss129 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=128&page=580 VATICAN CITY, (VIS) – The first and most fundamental definition that the Creed teaches us about God is that He is the Almighty Father. This was the theme of Pope Benedict XVI's Wednesday catechesis during his Jan. 30 general audience held in the Paul VI Audience Hall. Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:00:00 GMT rss128 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=127&page=217 VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In an administrative move reaffirming his efforts to promote a Catholic revival in the West and greater adherence to traditional church teaching, Pope Benedict XVI has reassigned responsibility among Vatican offices for the religious education of laypeople and future priests. Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:00:00 GMT rss127 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=126&page=580 VATICAN CITY, (VIS) - "I believe in one God," the first article of the profession of faith that accompanies our lives as believers, was the theme of Pope Benedict XVI's catechesis during his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 23. Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:00:00 GMT rss126 http://2503.2.ecatholicwebsites.com/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=123&page=580 VATICAN CITY, (VIS) – Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his Wednesday catechesis on Jan. 9's general audience to the meaning of the word Incarnation, "a term," the pope said, "that has resounded many times in our churches over these past days, expressing the reality that we celebrate at Christmas: the Son of God become man, as we say in the Creed." Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:00:00 GMT rss123