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St. Elizabeth School, in Alice, was awarded designation as a Healthy South Texas School in May 2021. A Healthy South Texas School is one that implemented extra steps throughout the year to offer food & nutrition and/or physical activity programs outside their regular curricula to both students and families.

Students from St. Pius X Catholic School were invited to spend part of their summer attending the school’s STREAM summer camps during June. For some of the students, STREAM classes will continue until July 2.

WASHINGTON – This week, the House Committee on Appropriations will mark-up the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) and State, Foreign Operations (SFOPs) appropriations bills which currently exclude longstanding bipartisan policies that prevent taxpayer dollars from being spent on elective abortions.

WASHINGTON—On June 21, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States dismissed Mayorkas v. Innovation Law Lab and ordered that the lower court’s judgement be vacated as moot. Additionally, the Court denied a motion to intervene filed by the States of Texas, Missouri, and Arizona.

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected an opportunity to vote on the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” (H.R.18) by a vote of 209 to 218. H.R.18 would apply the Hyde Amendment government-wide and permanently prohibit taxpayer subsidies for abortion and abortion coverage.

WASHINGTON – Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and Peace commended President Biden for his commitment to provide 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income countries.

WASHINGTON –In April 2021, the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon issued an appeal to the international community to help the people of Lebanon to protect their rights and rebuild a country that is “a message of freedom and a witness to harmonious existence.” Cognizant of this ongoing turmoil, Pope Francis will meet with leaders of Lebanon’s Christian community on July 1 at the Vatican for a day of prayer and reflection.

Statement of Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops “Last week, my brother bishops and I voted overwhelmingly to issue a teaching document on the beauty and power of the Eucharist.

WASHINGTON— At their annual spring Plenary Assembly, the bishops of the United States held a canonical consultation on the cause of beatification and canonization of the Servant of God Joseph Verbis Lafleur, diocesan priest.