WASHINGTON – The National Institutes of Health announced last Friday that it is reversing limits on human fetal tissue research that were put in place by the Trump Administration. Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities issued the following statement in response: “The bodies of children killed by abortion deserve the same respect as that of any other person.

WASHINGTON — Following the mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development issued the following statement: “Tragically, we awoke to learn of another mass shooting today, this time in Indianapolis, that has reportedly left eight dead and several wounded.

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a proposed rule to reverse “The Protect Life Rule,” a regulation issued by the Trump Administration in 2019 to clearly separate abortion from family planning in the federal Title X family planning program.

WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that they will no longer be enforcing the “in-person dispensing requirement” for the chemical abortion pills during the remainder of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Incarnate Word Academy Senior Charlie Flood will be presented with his Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen Award by a State Representative from the DAR. The award presentation will be held on Friday, April 16 at 1:00 p.m. in front of the High School Level.

Please contact your Texas State Representative to oppose the “permitless carry” bills HB 1927 and HB 1911! It takes less than 3 minutes to email your representative here . The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops believes in the protection of all human life and opposes direct threats to innocent human life.

St. Patrick School students Josie Orines, Story Mendez and Ibelisse Ferrell won first place in the Knights of Columbus local Council Level #1202 art contest, “Keep Christ in Christmas” poster contest.

Pre-K3 through sixth-grade students at St. Pius X School reenact the “Liturgy of Light” as part of their religious education in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd class on April 6. All the children were divided into groups at three separate times of the day to comply with social distancing rules.

St. Patrick School sixth-graders helped revive and beautify the school’s Prayer Garden as part of their service project for March. The prayer garden is an outdoor classroom for prayer, science, art and students to enjoy.