Texas Catholic leaders react as the first American Pope, Pope Leo XIV, is selected to lead the 1.4 billion Catholics in the world. Here's what they said.

The Catholic Church is pushing back against a new law that was rushed through the legislature by Democrats over concerns of clergy, requiring priests to break the confidentiality of confession.

The sounds of an organ bellows across the pews of the hall of the St. Anne Catholic Church in Youngsville. Gold trimmed ceilings stretch high while stain glass paints the floor of the Gothic ...

The CEO of Catholic ... Catholic Church, Woodyard was also feeling the weight of the moment. "Can you share your reaction when the new pope walked out on the balcony?" asked CBS News Texas ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, presided over his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday in front of a crowd of tens of thousands. World leaders including Vice President JD Vance ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost's rise to the papacy this week drew favorable responses from Catholics bishops who have long expressed support for migrant communities in Texas border towns.

(photo: Courtesy of subjects) Beverly Willett Features April 26, 2025 Catholic converts ... He’d grown up in Amarillo, Texas, surrounded by “Bapticostal churches” that criticized Church ...

Sports journalist who grew up in Dallas, TX. Lover of all things sports ... Following this law would violate the Catholic Church’s traditional confidentiality protections.

executive director of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, backs the proposal. “Catholics believe that housing is a human right, and governments, the private sector, and the Church share ...

The Catholic Church’s first pope from the Augustinian order is already helping to educate the faithful through his deep knowledge of the Church Fathers. Here is who he has been citing in the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope offered a message of healing during an inaugural Mass ...

Pope Francis, who has died aged 88 after 12 years at the head of the Catholic Church, was probably the most famous Argentinian who ever lived. Born in 1936 as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis ...