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Consumer advocates from across the state celebrated the Corpus Christi City Council’s passage of a payday and auto-title lending ordinance on August 11. Modeled on similar ordinances passed by 25 of the largest municipalities across the state, the Corpus Christi ordinance looks to “reducing abusive and predatory lending practices” by payday and auto title loan…

Pope Francis has issued a challenge for all Catholics to join in a first-ever "World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation" on September 1, 2015. This date will be marked by prayer and contemplation as Catholics are asked to consider how they might live in greater harmony with the environment. The call follows…

By Cathy Harasta,The Texas Catholic IRVING — The experience might have been sweeter when Jordan Spieth was 16, but he didn’t let it show.He stayed on par with the paradigm that got him here. After his not-so-stellar finish at the golf tournament closest to his home and heart, he demonstrated the class and composure that…

By Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, Archdiocese of San Antonio The cry to end the imprisonment of refugee children and their young mothers in detention centers is written on the heart and soul of the Catholic Church and the Gospel. “Whatever you did for these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” I ask you, my sisters…

The controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood’s harvesting and distribution of organs and tissue from aborted fetuses has reached the Lone Star State. Newly released clandestine video by the Center for Medical Progress shows staff at a Houston clinic discussing the relationship between altering abortion procedures to obtain the most intact organs and their associated costs. The…

In honor of the Holy Father’s first Apostolic Visit to the United States on September 22-29, the Texas Catholic Conference has setup a new Facebook page“Texas Catholics Welcome Pope Francis”.  People are invited to give the Pontiff a big Texas “Howdy” by posting welcoming messages, prayers, pictures, and videos on the group page atwww.Facebook.com/HowdyPopeFrancis. Individuals,…

Over the next three weeks, more than 80,000 students will return to the 265 Catholic schools in Texas to start the 2015-2016 academic calendar.  Anxiety tends to run high for both children and their parents at the beginning of every school year.  However, the Texas Catholic Conference Department of Education has a few simple tips…

The Texas Catholic Conference is ramping up the next phase of its popular“I’m A Texas Catholic”campaign, to instill a sense of community and promote pride about our Catholic faith to the rest of the world. The“I’m a Texas Catholic”campaign was launched earlier this year in advance of the 84th Texas Legislature with a focus on…

By Bishop Daniel E. Flores, Bishop of Brownsville I recently have taken small steps into the world of Twitter. Hobbit steps you might call them, tenuous and clothed in a vague awareness that there is no real turning back from it. Odd how the fast-changing world of finger-prompted media-forms pulls people into its orbit. Fascinating,…

Texas’ Catholic Bishops have expressed deep concern and moral disgust at recent videos showing executives of Planned Parenthood Inc. casually negotiating the sale of infant body parts that have been harvested from abortions. The two undercover videos by the Center for Medical Progress has awakened national attention to the atrocity of dismembering infants and then…