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Hurricane Harvey Recovery Update Release Date: 9/9/2018 The newly stated position by FEMA to accept SBA denials regardless of the failure of an applicant to provide collateral has been arrived at through coordination of FEMA headquarters policy and the Office of the Chief Counsel.

September 20 , 2018 WASHINGTON–The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Administrative Committee has issued the following statement today in response to the recent sex abuse scandals. In the statement, the bishops say they pledge to “heal and protect with every bit of the strength God provides us.” Turning to the Lord “When each of us was ordained as a bishop, we were told: ‘Keep watch over the whole flock in which the Holy Spirit has appointed you to shepherd the Church of God.’ We, the Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, assembled last week in Washington at this time of shame and sorrow.

August 31 , 2018 Thursday evening, I visited the Border Patrol Office in Falfurrias. The monthly meeting with the local ranchers and community offered great insights to their difficult work in dealing with human and drug trafficking.

August 27 , 2018 Dear Brothers and sisters, I want to continue to address the current situation of sexual abuse, the abuse of silence and the unacceptable coverup by bishops and chancery personnel. The alarming revelations surrounding Archbishop McCarrick’s behavior of abuse are more than disgusting; and the fact that accusations of negligence in his case reach to the highest level of the Church make it more alarming.

August 27 , 2018 Corpus Christi Cathedral is pleased to announce Mr. Scott Powell as the new Director of Sacred Music. Scott comes to us from Washington state where he has served in various musical positions.

August 20 , 2018 Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the People of God “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it” (1 Cor 12:26). These words of Saint Paul forcefully echo in my heart as I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse of conscience perpetrated by a significant number of clerics and consecrated persons.