AUSTIN, Texas (CNA/EWTN News) - Leonel “Leo” Manzano won an Olympic silver medal for the U.S. in the 1500-meter race – after 44 years since the last victory by an American – to the delight of his fellow parishioners at St. Ignatius the Martyr in Austin, Texas.

Ethiopian athlete Meseret Defar provided one of the most emotional moments of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games when she crossed the finish line in the 5,000-meter race to win the gold.

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by Catholic News Service.

ORANGE, Calif. (CNS) -- Pro-lifers must be joyful in the work they do, said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities.

CORPUS CHRISTI--Diabetes prevention by learning your risk, a pregnancy primer for new moms, and a healthy recipe that’s earning rave reviews are just some of what readers will find in the inaugural edition of “LiveWell,” CHRISTUS Spohn’s new magazine.

CORPUS CHRISTI–Students at Incarnate Word Academy (IWA) headed back to school Monday, Aug. 6, several weeks ahead of many area schools. The halls were filled with hugs and smiles as pre-K through 12th-grade students welcomed new faces and caught-up with friends and teachers they have not seen all summer.

On July 31, Wieber, 17, earned a near flawless score on the vault, but she almost didn't go. Tickets for the women's gymnastics competition can cost thousands of dollars, causing some Olympic families to watch from their living rooms as their daughters perform. But parish office manager Christina Simon said that the St. Jude community was not going to let that happen...

CORPUS CHRISTI– CHRISTUS Health named Texas State Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen as the recipient of its 2012 CHRISTUS Health Eagle Award for his outstanding legislative leadership and strong commitment to health care issues. CHRISTUS Health presents the annual award to one or more lawmakers who share the health system’s mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- What connection does St. Andrew by the Bay Parish in Annapolis have to the 2012 Summer Olympics?

MILWAUKEE (CNS) -- Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki joined other religious leaders in offering condolences and prayers to the people of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in suburban Oak Creek following an Aug. 5 shooting spree that left six of the temple's members dead and at least three others seriously wounded.

Sister Bernadette Bezner has served as the director of the Sisters of Divine Providence Mobile Ministry for eight years, and now the sisters have name Sister Mary Bordelon, CDP to replace Sister Bernadette as the new director.

The 54th Biennial National Convention of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA) was held July 2012 at the Omaha Hilton and the CenturyLink Convention Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

Refuge of Hope, a pregnancy resource center located at 4035 Violet Road in Corpus Christi, is hosting its 5th Annual Gala featuring The Isaacs, Gospel music entertainers. The gala will be held at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug. 11, at 6 p.m.

In a letter to Governor Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles, Texas' Catholic bishops appealed for a stay of execution for Marvin Wilson scheduled for Aug. 7. The Catholic Church has long opposed the death penalty out of respect for all human life and sees capital punishment as perpetuating a cycle of violence and vengeance.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Following the very successful Guadalupe Celebration in which tens of thousands of the faithful flocked to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for a celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe organized by the Knights of Columbus and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles – the Knights of Columbus began their 130th annual International Convention in Anaheim on Aug. 7.

Seminarians Richard Gutierrez, James Hernandez, Abran Leal, Charles Silvas and Margarito Trevino were honored with a Thanksgiving Mass celebrated by Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey in the chapel at Catholic Charities on Aug. 2.

Some 300 people attended in the 2nd Annual Adult Formation Summer Camp held at the at the Chancery and Corpus Christi Cathedral classrooms from July 16-22. The Department of Evangelization and Catechesis of the Diocese of Corpus Christi sponsored the camp, which included 19 workshops.

Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey celebrated the opening Mass for a Spiritual Development Day held Aug. 1 at Blessed John Paul II High School for administrators, faculty and staff of Catholic Schools.

LOS ANGELES -- In the midst of unprecedented attempts by the federal government to encroach on First Amendment religious liberty, Pope Benedict XVI has applauded and encouraged the work of the Knights of Columbus to protect Americans' religious freedom.

DENVER (CNS) -- For swimmer Missy Franklin, a rising senior at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, "there is nothing like wearing a cap with my country's flag on it."