Texas
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The faithful unite to help Texas flood victims
By GINA CHRISTIAN, OSV News
Published July 16, 2025From Boston to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, faithful across the nation are reaching out to bring material and spiritual aid to those impacted by the devastating July 4 flash floods in the Texas Hill Country.
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Survivors of Uvalde mass shooting get tuition aid to attend Catholic school
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published August 19, 2022Thanks to tuition help from Catholic Extension, children who were wounded in the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas can transfer to a local Catholic school.
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Archbishop asks church to be in solidarity with migrants who died in truck
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published June 28, 2022The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for dozens of people found dead as well as more than a dozen survivors discovered June 27 in sweltering conditions in a semitruck.
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Near immigration’s ground zero, bishops begin border trip with Mass
By RHINA GUIDOS, Catholic News Service
Published July 5, 2018MCALLEN, Texas (CNS)—The bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States have for weeks expressed outrage and condemned the government’s recent practice of separating children from a parent or a family member if they’re caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border without legal documentation. On July 1, led by the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, […] Full Story
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Catholic group will accept Scouts’ decision to allow girls to join
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published October 23, 2017IRVING, Texas (CNS)—The leaders of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, which has its headquarters in the Dallas suburb of Irving, said they “accept and work with the new membership policy of the Boy Scouts of America” to admit girls. “We were informed this morning” of the policy change, said an Oct. 11 statement by […]
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Fallen Houston police sergeant ‘lived’ beatitudes, Texas cardinal says
By JAMES RAMOS, Catholic News Service
Published September 21, 2017HOUSTON (CNS)—The Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart was filled with thousands gathered Sept. 13 to honor the life and pray for the soul of Sgt. Steve A. Perez, a veteran Houston police officer. Perez, an active parishioner of St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in northwest Houston, died after driving into high water during Hurricane Harvey. […] Full Story
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Catholic Charities USA gives $2 million for hurricane relief
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published September 7, 2017SAN ANTONIO (CNS)—Catholic Charities USA presented a $2 million check Sept. 4 representing donations received to date for immediate emergency assistance for those impacted by Hurricane Harvey and its catastrophic flooding. One hundred percent of the funds raised will go directly to immediate and long-term recovery efforts. Making the presentation was Dominican Sister Donna Markham, […] Full Story | En Español
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Norma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe ruling who later became pro-life, dies
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published February 24, 2017KATY, Texas (CNS)—Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff “Jane Roe” in the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion virtually on demand, died Feb. 18 at an assisted-living facility in Katy. She was 69. The New York Times said a New York journalist named Joshua Prager, who interviewed her many times for a book he […]
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Federal judge in Texas blocks HHS transgender regulation
By Catholic News Service
Published January 12, 2017AUSTIN, Texas (CNS)—A federal judge in Texas Dec. 31 blocked a regulation by the Department of Health and Human Services requiring Catholic hospitals and health care providers to perform or provide gender transition services, saying it would place “substantial pressure” on the plaintiffs—a coalition of religious medical organizations who said the ruling was contrary to […] Full Story
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Five Dallas officers killed in ambush by sniper
By DAVID SEDENO, Catholic News Service
Published July 8, 2016DALLAS (CNS)—Five Dallas law enforcement officers were assassinated July 7 as at least one sniper opened fire in downtown Dallas as hundreds of demonstrators were winding down a march protesting recent fatal officer-involved shootings in other parts of the country. The suspected sniper—who had held dozens of SWAT officers at bay for several hours by […]
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Atlanta chancellor takes on national diaconate board role
Published May 26, 2016
HOUSTON—The National Association of Diaconate Directors installed new officers and board members as part of its annual meeting on April 15 in Houston, Texas. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, archbishop of the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese, conducted the installation ceremony. The 2016 NADD Convention carried the theme, “Deacon: Servant Leader in a Servant Church.” NADD members from the U.S. […] Full Story
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Masters champion, product of Dallas Jesuit prep school, remains humble
By SETH GONZALES, Catholic News Service
Published April 16, 2015DALLAS (CNS)—Even after becoming the toast of the sports world, golfer Jordan Spieth, a 21-year-old Dallas Jesuit graduate, remained humble and down-to-earth as he worked the crowds at Augusta, handled the media, and bantered with morning and late night talk show hosts after his historic win. That’s no surprise to those who know the new […]
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Dallas Diocese sheltered fiancée, friends of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan
By DAVID SEDENO, Catholic News Service
Published October 21, 2014DALLAS (CNS)—Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell said that he followed the teaching of Christ and stepped in to house the fiancée of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan and three others for several weeks at a diocesan facility when no one else would. The bishop’s acknowledgement Oct. 20 coincided with the lifting of the 21-day quarantine […] Full Story
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Texas nurse with Ebola supported by prayers from her home parish
Published October 17, 2014
DALLAS (CNS)—During an Oct. 13 Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Fort Worth, the pastor, Father Jim Khoi asked for prayers for Nina Pham, a Dallas nurse who grew up in the parish and is now in the news as the first person known to have contracted the Ebola virus in the United […]
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Morehouse Grad Heeds Call To Religious Life
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 20, 2007The chants start at 7 a.m. as Brother John Phillips and other robed Dominicans at the St. Albert the Great Priory begin their day. Using the ancient prayers, Brother John joins the priests and his fellow novices in the chapel to praise God. Hours later, the community sings compline, the church’s night prayer, to end […] Full Story
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20,000 Catholic Teens Urged To Change The World
Published January 1, 2004
Under the retractable roof of Reliant Stadium, home of the NFL Houston Texans, and beneath the beer and cell phone advertisements, a remarkable thing happened. Over 20,000 teens from across the country, including 60 teens from seven parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, came together to praise God and celebrate their faith at the biennial […]