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Pope Leo XIV to diplomats: ‘Holy See will not be a silent bystander’ amid challenges to peace

Texas

Debbie Leimback displays one of the hundreds of Ten Commandments posters she was preparing to deliver to local public schools in New Braunfels, Texas, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (Credit: Eric Gay/AP.)

The Ten Commandments are up in Texas schools. They’re also being taken down

Nov 21
Jamie Stengle,
Associated Press

Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (Credit: Julio Cortez/AP.)

Pope Leo offers prayers for victims of Texas flooding

Jul 6
Charles Collins

Schoolteacher Irene Garza, 25, murdered by a Catholic priest in McAllen, Texas, in April 1960. (Credit: Family photo given to media.)

2025 is a year of anniversaries in the Church: We shouldn’t overlook the murder of Irene Garza

Apr 3
Charles Collins

Three children play where the border wall separating Mexico and the United States meets the Pacific Ocean, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (Credit: Gregory Bull/AP.)

Tex/Mex bishops tout Church as ‘reliable’ partner for immigration reform

Mar 4
John Lavenburg

Migrant parents including Iris, from Honduras, left, Gustavo, from Guatemala, standing in green, Wilson Romero, from Honduras, standing, and Christian, from Honduras, seated in gray, socialize outside the Annunciation House, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. (Credit: Matt York/AP.)

Texas judge says Attorney General’s attempt to close Catholic shelter ‘outrageous’

Jul 3, 2024
John Lavenburg

The perimeter of the Diboll Correctional Facility is seen on July 19, 2014, in Diboll, Texas. (Credit: Rhonda Oaks/The Daily News via AP.)

Texas bishops give guidelines for the use of wine at Mass in prison

May 15, 2024
John Lavenburg

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, celebrates Mass at St. Pius X Church in El Paso Sept. 23, 2019. (Credit: Tyler Orsburn/CNS.)

El Paso bishop: ‘Rhetoric always ramps up’ during election season

Mar 21, 2024
John Lavenburg

Migrant parents including Iris, from Honduras, left, Gustavo, from Guatemala, standing in green, Wilson Romero, from Honduras, standing, and Christian, from Honduras, seated in gray, socialize outside the Annunciation House, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. (Credit: Matt York/AP.)

Court blocks Texas Attorney General’s move to shut Catholic migrant shelter

Mar 13, 2024
John Lavenburg

Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso poses in his office in El Paso, Texas, on Monday, April 4, 2022. (Giovanna Dell'Orto/AP.)

El Paso bishop defends migrant shelter under attack by Texas attorney general

Feb 23, 2024
John Lavenburg

Migrant parents including Iris, from Honduras, left, Gustavo, from Guatemala, standing in green, Wilson Romero, from Honduras, standing, and Christian, from Honduras, seated in gray, socialize outside the Annunciation House, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. (Credit: Matt York/AP.)

Texas effort to shut down Catholic migrant shelter ‘unfounded’

Feb 22, 2024
John Lavenburg

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Pope Leo XIV to diplomats: ‘Holy See will not be a silent bystander’ amid challenges to peace

Dec 6
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US to restrict visas for Nigerians, family members involved in violence against Christians

Dec 6
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Associated Press

Song legend Michael Bublé meets Leo XIV, takes requests

Dec 6
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Pope cancels Holy See fundraising commission announced under questionable circumstances

Dec 5
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press