Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, MSpS, hosted a Mass with the bishops of Texas for delegations from the various dioceses for the Year of Faith. The Mass took place at Mission San José the evening of April 22.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis has named Auxiliary Bishop Mark J. Seitz of Dallas as bishop of El Paso, Texas. Bishop Seitz, 59, succeeds Bishop Armando Ochoa, who was named bishop of Fresno, Calif., in December 2011.

Fifty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. took a group of white Alabama clergymen to task for suggesting he find ways, other than demonstrations and protests, to seek racial equality.

When a team of health officials and investigators looking into illegal drug use raided Dr. Kermit Barron Gosnell’s Women’s Medical Society Feb. 18, 2010, they happened upon what many are calling a “house of horrors.”

WEST, Texas (CNS) -- Father Ed Karasek was driving home from a meeting in Austin when reports of a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in West came across the radio.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Here is the English translation of Pope Francis I's remarks delivered from the balcony after his election as pope.

A U.S. District Court judge Feb. 8 dismissed a lawsuit filed against the federal contraceptive mandate by the Springfield and Joliet dioceses, their respective Catholic Charities agencies and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

The Feb. 1 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shows some movement by the Administration but falls short of addressing U.S. bishops’ concerns, according to a statement issued by the United Stats Conference of Catholic Bishops.

An appeals court issued a preliminary injunction Feb. 1 against the federal government's contraceptive mandate, saying a Catholic-owned company, Annex Medical, does not have to comply with that part of the Affordable Care Act while its legal challenge makes its way through the courts.

WASHINGTON (CNS)–Catholic institutions were still analyzing the effect of a new set of proposed rules on insurance coverage of contraceptives issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- When the Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers on Thanksgiving night in 2011 -- and John Harbaugh beat younger brother, Jim, in the first NFL matchup of coaching brothers -- Jack Harbaugh peeked into the Ravens' locker room after the game.