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Texas' Bishop Flores criticizes Planned Parenthood for anti-Mexican ethnic slur
The Bishop of Brownsville, Texas has criticized Planned Parenthood and pro-choice political organizations in the state for use of anti-Mexican... Read more
Supreme Court stays Texas execution over chaplain dispute
The Supreme Court stayed the execution of a man in Texas after the state’s Department of Corrections refused to allow... Read more
Texas ends emergency ban on elective abortions, but questions remain
The controversy over whether Texas abortion clinics must comply with coronavirus-related emergency orders to halt elective surgeries statewide has now... Read more
Federal court says chemical abortions can continue despite Texas order
Chemical abortions in Texas will continue during the coronavirus pandemic after the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday... Read more
Texas coronavirus abortion rule back in effect, after court grants stay
A Texas order prohibiting most abortions during the novel coronavirus pandemic is temporarily back in effect, after the Fifth U.S.... Read more
Federal judges stop states designating abortion 'non-essential'
Federal judges in Texas, Alabama, and Ohio on Monday halted state rules that would limit or halt entirely abortions during... Read more
ACLU lawsuit targets 'sanctuary cities' for the unborn
The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed lawsuits against seven Texas cities that have declared themselves “sanctuary cities” for... Read more
TX judges increasingly denied abortion to minors without parental consent from 2016
A study of statistics from Texas suggests that since 2016, judges in the state were less likely to grant permission... Read more
Miami archbishop promotes refugee resettlement
The Archbishop of Miami has emphasized the importance of welcoming refugees, and decried the decision of Texas Governor Greg Abbott... Read more
Texas bishops offer condolences, prayers after shooting at Christian church
Catholic leaders in Texas offered prayers following a deadly shooting at a Christian church on Sunday morning. Read more
Austin bishop saddened by city's intention financially to support abortion
Last week the Austin City Council voted to provide funding for costs associated with abortion, a move that was protested... Read more
Pope Francis prays for victims of shootings in U.S.
Pope Francis Sunday remembered the victims, and the families of the victims, of recent shootings in Texas, California, and Ohio,... Read more
ATF investigates ‘painful’ fire that destroyed 125 year-old Texas Catholic Church
Federal agents have joined the investigation of a fire that ravaged and destroyed a 125 year-old landmark Catholic Church in... Read more
Three priests sue Corpus Christi diocese for inclusion in credibly accused list
Three priests have filed suits against the Diocese of Corpus Christi and its bishop, claiming that they were wrongfully included... Read more
Police search Dallas diocesan chancery
Officers executed a warrant on the chancery offices at 7:30 am local time. Read more
After Supreme Court ruling, Texas bans all chaplains from execution rooms
The state of Texas has banned all prison chaplains from its execution chamber, following a Supreme Court decision that halted... Read more
Texas AG investigating potential discrimination against Chick-fil-A
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating the San Antonio City Council for potential First Amendment violations. The council voted... Read more
With numbers booming, Dominican sisters expand to Texas
The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist had a problem. Read more
Texas archbishop: The border 'emergency' is not what you think
The reputed migration emergency is ultimately not about people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, but about caring for the disadvantaged and... Read more
Texas chapel fenced off from border wall funding
The Consolidated Appropriations Act would provide $1.3 billion in funding for the construction of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border but... Read more
![“Today we run the risk that our organizations, so dependent on the welfare state ... could be easily confused with a very bureaucratic NGO [nongovernmental organization],” said Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference.](https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/storage/image/arguello.april.2025.jpg?w=175&h=100)
