Sunday, April 30, 2023038Nearly a year has passed since a rare "hundred-year flood" devastated the Appalachian region of eastern Kentucky, an area known as "the mountains" that was already stricken by extreme poverty and unemployment.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022046Father Patrick O'Connor, pastor of Jesús Obrero (Jesus the Worker) Parish, northwest of downtown Fort Myers, orchestrated a familiar operation Oct. 4 as he shuffled about his parish hall stacked high with clothing.
Saturday, June 18, 2022045When schools close for the summer, their websites and Facebook pages often get pretty quiet too. That's not the case for Sacred Heart Catholic School in Uvalde, Texas, established in 1913 by the Teresian Sisters. The first image on the school's website is a map of Texas with children's handprints and the message "Uvalde Strong" with a...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020053To Father Robert Boxie III, the Catholic chaplain at Howard University in Washington, the naming of Washington's archbishop "as a cardinal is huge, it's historic."
Thursday, August 1, 2019066
By Kate Turgeon Watson
Catholic News Service
RALEIGH, N.C -- Abbey Forbes, the 18-year-old winner of the junior girls doubles championship at Wimbledon, has kept an inspirational book in her tennis bag at recent competitions and for all seven Wimbledon matches.
The book, from her confirmation sponsor, Joan Monti, is a daily...
Thursday, August 1, 20190203The Church of the Visitation in Westphalia, a nearly 125-year-old wooden church with bell towers on each side, burned to the ground July 29.
Wednesday, March 5, 20140172Thousands of Catholics, from teachers, students and parents at Diocese of Dallas schools to workers downtown and in other areas, flocked to Masses across North Texas, initiating the Lenten season by receiving ashes on their foreheads during Ash Wednesday services.
Nov. 22, 1963 is often described as a moment in American history that everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing. As part of our coverage of the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, The Texas Catholic asked readers to share their thoughts and memories of that fateful day in Dallas.
Monday, October 14, 20130130Representatives of the Diocese of Dallas will join the Dallas Holocaust Museum: Center for Education and Tolerance in honoring area Holocaust survivors and saluting the work of Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest and author of “The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013059Anticipating the worst, religious leaders gathered the day before the federal government shut down to denounce what they called "political brinkmanship." The chairmen of three committees of the U.S. bishops weighed in Oct. 1, saying in a joint letter to Congress: "A just framework for future budgets cannot rely on disproportionate cuts...
