International abstinence educator Pam Stenzel of Enlighten Communications will visit Corpus Christi on Aug. 16-17 to deliver her straightforward message to more than 1,000 young people, teachers and parents. Stenzel travels worldwide speaking in person to 500,000 young people every year.
by Jennifer Carr Allmon, Associate Director, Texas Catholic Conference
Faced with threats toward our first freedom of religious liberty, the U.S. Catholic Church is a Church being pushed by civil authorities and interests which fail to honor the role of the Church in the common good and the public square.
About 10 miles south of Goliad in the Diocese of Victoria in Texas, a 2000 Ford 250 extended cab pick-up truck carrying 23 possible illegal immigrants crashed, killing 15 of its passengers. The nine injured survivors remain in hospitals located in four cities including San Antonio and Corpus Christi.
WASHINGTON D.C. (CNA) - A group of concerned mothers across the country is protesting an upcoming television show that depicts homosexuality and surrogate childbearing as “the new normal family.”
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (CNA/EWTN News) - A federal appeals court has upheld a South Dakota informed consent rule requiring that abortion doctors warn women seeking abortions about the increased risks of suicide.
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- Andrew Moore felt called to walk across America this summer with pro-life college students to help save the lives of unborn babies.
VATICAN CITY, (VIS) - Beginning in the month of August, two priests will be assigned to attend to visitors to the Vatican Museums. They will be available to dialogue with the visitors and to offer them, should they wish, spiritual advice and assistance.
DENVER (CNS) -- Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of Denver and his auxiliary, Bishop James D. Conley, offered prayers and support to the victims, survivors and the community after a gunman killed at least a dozen people and wounded dozens more during a July 20 midnight screening of the movie "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Incarnate Word Academy (IWA) has announced the launch of a virtual high school program that offers academic experiences for its students that will go beyond the classroom walls.
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A scar on a tree on a West New York, N.J., street that some claim looks like Our Lady of Guadalupe is "a natural occurrence," said Jim Goodness, a spokesman for the Newark Archdiocese.
FONDA, N.Y. (CNS) -- With the beat of a drum sounding and the scent of burning sage and sweet grass permeating the hot, humid air, Native American Catholics honored a woman they already consider a saint.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNS) -- While they work to defend the U.S. Constitution, some Catholic military chaplains feel that their First Amendment right to the "free exercise" of religion has been called into question.
Father Michael Jordan, SOLT, lost his life in an automobile accident on IH 37 near Pleasanton on July 10. Father Ed Roche who was traveling with Father Jordan was gravely injured and remains hospitalized in San Antonio.
Mission of Mercy has chosen long-time Corpus Christi resident and insurance executive Leo Barrera to serve as executive director of the Texas Mobile Medical Program. Barrera, a Laredo native, is a graduate of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
CHICAGO, (CNA/EWTN News) - Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago has joined two Catholic dioceses and their charitable affiliates in a lawsuit over the federal contraception mandate, a move that one observer says demonstrates the potential societal impact of the rule.
Blessed John Paul II High School is again inviting Catholic middle school youth to a free night of Centurion football. Game nights are Sept. 14, Sept. 28 or Oct. 26 with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
Nuestra Señora de San Juan De Los Lagos, Madre de la Iglesia invita al pueblo a su Gran Banquete Parroquial, una noche de integración y colaboración, el viernes 10 de Agosto. Las puertas se abren a las 6:30 p.m.
Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos, Madre de la Iglesia will hold their Annual Banquet on Aug. 10 at the Mansion Royal, located at 8001 SPID in Corpus Christi. The night of entertainment, dinner and dance will start at 6:30 p.m.
Washington D.C. (CNA/EWTN News) - Government cannot give or take away the ultimate freedom found in obedience to God, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said at the closing Mass of the U.S. bishops' “Fortnight for Freedom.”