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CHRISTUS Spohn Health System has named James “Jim” Cato, Ed.D, MHS, MSN, RN, CRNA, its new Chief Nurse Executive for the Health System.

Dr. Robert Sanborn, President and CEO of Children at Risk, will be the keynote speaker at a Coastal Bend Human Trafficking Conference to be held Jan. 19.

"The house of Nazareth," the pope explained, "is a school of prayer where we learn to listen, to meditate, to penetrate the deepest meaning of the manifestation of the Son of God, drawing our example from Mary, Joseph and Jesus."

The Holy Father received the Roman Curia and of the Governance of the Vatican City State for the traditional exchange of Christmas and New Year's greetings.In his address, Benedict XVI reviewed the major events of 2011, which was marked by "an economic and financial crisis that is ultimately based on the ethical crisis looming over the old continen.”

On Dec. 9-10 the incarcerated men of the McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas participated in a two-day retreat centered on a greater understanding of Marian doctrine and following the example of our Blessed Mother Mary.

Most unborn children diagnosed with Down syndrome, in fact, are never allowed to be born. Data from the United Kingdom indicates that between 1989 and 2006 approximately 92 percent of women chose to terminate a pregnancy with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, while in the United States, several published studies suggest the figure may be somewhere between 87 and 98 percent. A great many Down syndrome children, indeed, never see the light of day.

Since the arrival of priests from India in the Diocese of Corpus Christi, I have been inspired by their deep faith and it had been my desire to visit their country. I had the opportunity to make a pilgrimage to India in October.

Luke’s Gospel begins with an introduction to the Jewish priest Zachary, and his wife, Elizabeth. Both of them, we are told, were righteous in the eyes of God, observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly. But they had no child because Elizabeth was barren and both were advanced in years.

There is a true mysticism that is part of relationships and especially part of the mystery of suffering. If we are truly disciples of Christ, we must take up our cross every day and follow him. And so, in a way, the differences that we discover in one another are actually a way of discovering the fruitfulness and the mystery of the cross in our relationships with one another.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (CNS) -- The path to sainthood for Blessed Marianne Cope of Molokai has been cleared after a Vatican congregation Dec. 6 confirmed a second miracle attributed to her intercession.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- It’s not new, but it’s still news: The economy remains in a funk. Not just in the United States, but it has spread to many nations around the world.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A host of national and international speakers will make presentations at the “Centennial Jubilee Ministry Conference” sponsored by the Diocese of Corpus Christi. The conference offers formational opportunities to a variety of people, including catechists, Catholic school teachers of religion and Directors of Religious Education.

Thirty high school girls ranging in age from 14–18 were on hand on Dec. 3, 2011, for the introductory session of True Radiance held in the Blessed John Paul II High School cafeteria. True Radiance is a modesty formation program whose mission is to prove that fashion can be both beautiful and modest.

La Diócesis de Corpus Christi, levantado en 1912, originalmente consistía en el territorio triangular que ocupa el extremo de sur Texas, que entiende alrededor de 22,391 millas cuadradas, con kilómetros corriendo sobre la costa del Golfo en el este y el Río Grande en el sur y el oeste. Este territorio fue la principal fuente de conflicto y la causa explícita de la guerra entre Estados Unidos y México en 1846-1847.