The Texas Catholic Herald

May 13, 2025

Rural parishes welcome new Catholics at Easter

Though they are far from either of the Archdiocese’s two cathedrals and chanceries, parishes in the more rural parts of the Archdiocese continue to work to draw parishioners and new Catholics closer to Christ.

May 13, 2025

Restoring faith and lives, one healthy step at a time at San José Clinic

Healthcare rooted in the Catholic faith is more than treating physical ailments — it’s about delivering compassionate, patient-centered care that restores lives with faith, kindness and a smile.

May 13, 2025

Transitional deacon, seminarian studying in Rome attend Requiem Mass for late pope

Among the 250,000 who flocked to St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis as he lay in state in front of the altar was Deacon Mitchell Schumann, a transitional deacon for the Archdiocese studying for the priesthood in Rome.

May 13, 2025

LUCERO: Embracing my Catholic Filipino identity

How embracing his faith and Filipino identity helped one man find healing, purpose and pride through community and Catholic tradition.

May 13, 2025

ALVAREZ: How beauty, goodness and truth can evangelize and catechize

The three transcendentals of beauty, goodness and truth share in relationship to the mission of evangelization and catechesis. Here's why.

May 13, 2025

Parallel lives unite and form Catholic film company focused on trusting God’s plan

When an ACTS retreat friendship ends up forming a Catholic film studio: Meet Jason Aleman and Michael Adams.

May 12, 2025

Archbishop Vásquez echoes Pope Leo XIV's call for peace

During his homily, Archbishop Vásquez said he welcomed the newly elected pontiff, calling him "an excellent man to lead us," and thanked the Cardinal Electors of the conclave for their discernment, under the direction of the Holy Spirit.

May 9, 2025

Cardinal DiNardo: Pope Leo XIV is a ‘citizen of the entire world’

At a news conference a day after the election of Pope Leo XIV, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo was joined by other U.S.-based cardinals in reflecting on the conclave and the new pope.

May 9, 2025

10 things to know about Pope Leo XIV

As the Catholic Church welcomes its first American pope, here are 10 things to know about Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Cardinal Prevost.

May 8, 2025

Chicago native Cardinal Prevost elected pope, takes name Leo XIV

Robert Cardinal Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the name Pope Leo XIV.