Hundreds will stand up against heart disease in women Friday dressed in red and joining arms to create a chain outside CHRISTUS Spohn hospitals in Alice, Corpus Christi and Kingsville.
by By George P. Matysek Jr., Catholic News Service
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- When the Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers on Thanksgiving night in 2011 -- and John Harbaugh beat younger brother, Jim, in the first NFL matchup of coaching brothers -- Jack Harbaugh peeked into the Ravens' locker room after the game.
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- After "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned" -- even if they get that far -- there are millions of Catholics who don't exactly know what to say next.
The Annual Holy Family School Religious Olympics was held in classrooms throughout the school on Jan. 30. The pre-kindergarten 3 (K3) through 5th grade students showed their knowledge about religion as they were asked several questions about their faith at every grade level.
In "amicus" or friend-of-the-court briefs in two Supreme Court cases that weigh the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops argues that redefining marriage as other than between one man and one woman is not required under the Constitution.
In celebration of National Catholic Schools Week, Incarnate Word Academy has several events planned, including a campus-wide Mass and a Skype video chat session between IWA Elementary Level students and students from a classroom in Mexico.
More than 40 Incarnate Word Academy elementary, middle, and high school level students have been chosen to represent IWA at the annual Visionarios Youth Art Contest on Sunday, Feb. 3, from 1-3 p.m. at the Art Museum of South Texas.
El Arzobispo José H. Gómez de Los Ángeles, presidente del Comité sobre Migración, dio la bienvenida a los principios presentados por un grupo de ocho senadores del Congreso del país como marco para reformar el sistema migratorio de nuestra nación.
A Catholic samba group in Rio de Janeiro changed its parade plans after the nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people, most of them students from the local university in Santa Maria.
About 200 people celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House of Corpus Christi on Jan. 20, including many whom were homeless. The anniversary was celebrated on a day volunteers and staff served the homeless.
Some 400 people in eight buses from the Diocese of Corpus Christi traveled to Austin to take part in the Texas Rally for Life on Jan. 26. They joined thousands of Catholics from throughout the state.
The tens of thousands of participants at the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 25 demonstrated just how determined they are not only by showing up in such large numbers on a bitter cold day but by continuing a 40-year tradition of protesting the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion.
National Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. During the week, schools and parishes focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and Catholic education’s contributions to our church, our communities and our nation.
Forty years of legalized abortion have profoundly demoralized American society, not only weakening respect for human life but undermining marriage, parenthood and individuals' sense of duty to others, U.S. Cardinal J. Francis Stafford said.
A funeral Mass was scheduled for Jan. 26 at St. Louis Cathedral Basilica for Stan Musial, the Hall of Fame outfielder-first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Catholic students at Texas A&M University-Kingsville soon will have a dormitory all their own as well as a new St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center and chapel. Ground was broken on the project on Oct. 3, 2012 and the site work has been completed and the foundation poured.
Como sacerdote y escritor de blogs, una de las cosas que más me entristece es la gran división que existe en las dos “alas” de la Iglesia. En un ala están los que se dedican a las grandes luchas morales de nuestros días relacionadas al aborto, el entendimiento bíblico adecuado de la sexualidad humana, el matrimonio y la familia, y preguntas relacionadas a la eutanasia. En la otra ala, (o extremo)–están los que se dedican a los temas morales y sociales relacionados a la pobreza, la justicia económica, solidaridad, unidad y respeto mutuo.
Archbishop Gerhard Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, will begin his first official visit to the United States at a Houston symposium on Feb. 2, 2013 that is open to the public (pre-registration required).
Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey celebrated a Mass in thanksgiving for life to mark the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion resulting in more than 53 million abortions.