A panel of federal appellate judges has authorized Texas officials to enforce a controversial abortion sonogram law while its constitutionality is being challenged in court.

IWA Vocation Events and Activities Offer Students Opportunities to Consider the Question--What is God's Calling for Me?

Parishioners of the Diocese of Corpus Christi contributed $26,655 to The Catholic University of America in the 2011 special collection. The university, known as “the Bishops’ university,” is celebrating its l25th anniversary.

With 8-year-old grandson Jamal in tow, Hajeh Mattar made her way across a wooden platform alongside the Jordan River. Her plan: to baptize him in the waters of the river at the traditional site of Jesus' baptism.

Archbishop Veglio highlights the fact that the phenomenon of migration, which involves many different individuals and peoples with their various social, cultural and religious characteristics, is "a process which opens unique opportunities for evangelization...

First Friday Mass on Jan. 6 at the Pontifical Mission Societies National Office in New York kicked off the commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the death of the Venerable Pauline Jarioct, founder of the society. Father Andrew Small, OMI, national director, was principal celebrant and homilist.

One thing that always stands out in the annual marches and rallies in Washington and across the country marking the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion is the crowd.

Altar Servers for St. Michael’s Latin Mass Community were honored at a gathering of the community on Dec. 11.

Pope Benedict XVI named 22 new cardinals, including two from the United States, and announced a consistory for their formal induction on Feb. 18.

Fifth grade students at St. Pius X Catholic School admire the statue of Our Lady of Fatima that visited the parish on December 16, 2011. All of the students recited a Rosary led by 6th graders in honor of our Lady.

En 1941, el gobierno mexicano - bajo el control de un predecesor a la vez dominante y anticlerical Partido Revolucionario Institucional --- y la Iglesia Católica hicieron la paz, sellando su pacto en el estado de Guanajuato.

Pope Benedict XVI announced Jan. 1 the creation of an ordinariate – similar to a diocese, but national in scope – for Anglican groups and clergy across the United States who wish to become Catholic. The ordinariate will be based in Houston. The pope also named Father Jeffrey Steenson, a Catholic priest serving in Houston since 2009, to lead the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.

Anointing of the sick is not a minor sacrament, said Pope Benedict XVI, but one that "deserves greater consideration today" because of its spiritual benefits to both minister and recipient.

The Sisters of Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament (IWBS) of Corpus Christi reelected Sister Michelle Marie Kuntscher for a second term as Superior General on Dec. 21, 2011. Her second four-year term of office will begin in June.

El 2 de enero, las conferencias episcopales de México y Cuba publicaron comunicados de prensa para anunciar los detalles de la próxima visita del Papa Benedicto XVI a los países, que tendrá lugar a partir de marzo de 23 a 28.

- In his homily for at the Eucharistic celebration for the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God Pope Benedict XVI spoke on theme: "Educating Young People in Justice and Peace."