Houston Archives

Houston artist working on mural at University of St. Thomas

Associated Press, Church in the US
Feb 15, 2019

Mario Figueroa Jr., a Houston graffiti artist better known as Gonzo247, got to work Wednesday on the first permanent mural on the University of St. Thomas campus.

After fatal shooting in parking lot, church responds in prayer, action

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jan 24, 2019

The morning after a man gunned down his estranged wife and critically wounded their daughter, visitors and parishioners gathered Jan. 18 for a Mass inside the Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church, just yards away from the parish parking lot, where the shooting took place.

Government officials raid Houston archdiocese in sex abuse probe

Church in the US
Nov 28, 2018

The headquarters for the archdiocese of Galveston-Houston were raided on Wednesday in a search for files related to a priest accused of sexual abuse.

Blue Mass honors dedication, sacrifice of men, women in law enforcement

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 5, 2018

Auxiliary Bishop George A. Sheltz of Galveston-Houston, who celebrated the Sept. 29 Blue Mass, recalled the funeral a year ago at the co-cathedral for Houston Police Sgt. Steve Perez, who drowned trying to report to his command post in the midst of the Hurricane Harvey flooding.

Third accuser comes forward against Houston priest

Associated Press, Church in the US
Oct 5, 2018

A third person accused a Houston-area Catholic priest on Thursday of sexually touching him when he was a teenager.

Church should follow basic corporate compliance procedures, lawyer says

Church in the US
Aug 15, 2018

After the allegations of criminal sexual abuse and serial sexual misconduct against then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick became public this summer, one prominent Catholic lawyer in Houston was perplexed why the Church did not utilize compliance methods that even small to mid-size U.S. corporations routinely follow.