This fall, the Diocese of San Angelo will have 12 seminarians studying at four seminaries across the country and world. We welcomed three new men to the program: Leo Herrera, a parishioner at Our Lady of Lourdes in Andrews; David Ruvalcaba de la Cruz, a parishioner at St. Stephen in Midland; and Martín Luna, a parishioner at Holy Spirit in Sweetwater.

Cada año, el primer domingo de octubre se celebra en los Estados Unidos como el Domingo del Respeto a la Vida. Este año, el Santo Padre León XIV también ha designado el fin de semana del 4 al 5 de octubre como la 111ª Jornada Mundial del Migrante y del Refugiado (JMMR) y el Jubileo del Migrante. Esto brinda a los católicos en los Estados Unidos la oportunidad de reflexionar sobre el hecho de que la situación de los migrantes y refugiados es, en gran medida, un asunto de vida.

Every year, the first Sunday of October is observed in the United States as Respect Life Sunday. This year, the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV has also designated the weekend of Oct. 4–5 as the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR) and the Jubilee of Migrants. This gives Catholics in the United States the opportunity to reflect on the fact that the situation of migrants and refugees is very much a life issue.

A federal judge on Aug. 20 partially blocked Texas from enforcing a law requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, finding the law violated the First Amendment.

I still remember — 60 years later — the Sunday the Mass changed! A few years earlier the bishops of the Second Vatican Council had called for the reform of the Mass, and now the first changes were being implemented on the parish level.

San Rafael Expeditions, a Catholic missionary organization rooted in West Texas, has joyfully returned from its inaugural mission trip to serve the people of Honduras. Our team of 21 dedicated missionaries offered seven days of medical care to communities with limited or no access to health services.

In the ongoing crisis in Gaza, Christians and other innocent victims of violence are struggling to survive, protect their children, and live with dignity in dire conditions. The Holy Father Pope Leo XIV continues to call for aid to enter the territory, noting with great sorrow that “Gaza is starving.” The Catholic Church is there providing emergency humanitarian relief through the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS).

En el mundo actual, la gente trabaja más horas, pasa más tiempo en línea, y se toma menos días de vacaciones más que nunca. Nuestras agendas están tan llenas, es comprensible que algunos sientan que no tienen tiempo para ir a la iglesia. Algunos dejaron de asistir a Misa por alguna razón y aún no han vuelto. En este artículo, me gustaría ofrecer varias buenas razones para ir a Misa.

In today’s world, people work longer hours, spend more time online, and take fewer vacation days than ever before. Our schedules get so full, it is understandable how some people feel they don’t have time to go to church. Some got out of the practice of attending Mass for whatever reason and have not yet found their way back. In this article, I would like to offer a variety of good reasons to come to Mass.

St. John Henry Newman — the 19th-century theologian, intellectual, and preacher who journeyed from Anglicanism to Catholicism, powerfully shaping religious thought in both faith traditions — will be named a doctor of the church by Pope Leo XIV.

Her name says it all. For more than 700 years, she has been known as “St. Christina the Astonishing.” Every biographer calls her that.

June 29 is a special day in the life of the Perpetual Adoration Chapel, located next door to Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Abilene.

Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami and some 25 Knights of Columbus saddled up their motorcycles to pray a rosary at the entrance of Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial migrant detention center recently opened in the Florida Everglades.