Children of parents currently incarcerated in prison gathered for a Christmas party at Corpus Christi Cathedral’s St. Joseph Hall Dec. 20. Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey attended the event and wished all the kids a Merry Christmas.

With the recent school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, students at Incarnate Word Academy decided to do what they could for the victims and their families.

Youth for Christ, the high school youth group at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Alice, will present its annual Living Nativity Scene in front of St. Joseph’s Parish Hall on Dec. 21-24.

Bishop Emeritus Edmond Carmody announced that he would move to Tyler before the end of the year where he will help Bishop Joseph Strickland, who was installed as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Tyler on Nov. 28. Bishop Carmody was the second bishop of Tyler serving there from 1992-2000 before being named bishop of Corpus Christi.

Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey delivered a Christmas message and blessing to the people of the Diocese of Corpus Christi at a ceremony held at Catholic Charities.

Ray and Pat Bocanegra are keeping Christ in Christmas with a life size display of the Nativity in their front yard on 4826 Willowbrook Dr. in Corpus Christi.

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston says the Church needs more and better prepared Catholic politicians and journalists who can bring the faith into the public square.

The "sacramental sense" of a Catholic pastor's outreach after the horrific violence that took place at a Connecticut elementary school "has brought the church to bear in the most intimate and powerful way," said the director of communications for the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn.

The faithful of the Diocese of Corpus Christi celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12 with a procession from Sacred Heart Church to the Corpus Christi Cathedral where Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey celebrated Mass. Hundreds brought roses to the image of OUr Lady.

Msgr. Stephen J. Berg, the former diocesan vicar general, was selected Thursday as diocesan administrator of the Fort Worth Catholic Diocese. Msgr. Berg will serve until Pope Benedict XVI names a new bishop and the new bishop is installed.

Earlier today, Dec. 14, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Corpus Christi received a threatening phone call made to the church office. Due to the close proximity to the parish office and as an additional precaution, the schools at Our Lady of Perpetual Help and their staffs were placed on lock down.

AUSTIN -- Texas' largest private school organizations this week wrote to Governor Rick Perry and to Texas legislative leaders reiterating their “strongest possible commitment" to welcoming new students as part of a statewide School Choice Scholarship Tax Credit program for working Texas families.

VATICAN CITY, (VIS) - @Pontifex, Pope Benedict XVI's Twitter account, attracted more than 1.5 million followers on its first day of existence. The pope, after his first tweet at the end of the usual Wednesday general audience, responded during the course of the day to three questions posed by members of the public from three different continents.

Warning that Catholic charitable activity must not become "just another form of organized social assistance," Pope Benedict XVI issued new rules to strengthen the religious identity of Catholic charities and ensure that their activities conform to church teaching.

The Vatican is offering a new app that provides live streaming of papal events and video feeds from the Vatican's six webcams.