In consultation with the priest personnel board, and guided by the Holy Spirit, Bishop Daniel E. Garcia is pleased to announce these appointments, effective July 6, 2026 (unless otherwise noted).
We...
I invite you to join me in celebrating our mothers as we honor them and express profound gratitude to them for saying “yes” to the gift of life. Happy Mother’s Day!
On April 24, 2026, Most Reverend Daniel E. Garcia, Bishop of Austin, promulgated amendments to the Code of Particular Law for the Diocese of Austin. These changes, effective June 1, 2026, address...
As the Church commemorates the 800th anniversary of the passing of Saint Francis of Assisi, we are invited into a sacred moment of grace. In his care for the faithful, Pope Leo has granted a plenary...
Pope John Paul II, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, blesses the crowd gathered at the National Mall, where he celebrated Mass, on Oct. 7, 1979. Leaving the U.
Jay Richards, the director of the Heritage Foundation’s DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family, speaks at a Fidelity Month gathering on June 9, 2025, in the...
The faithful process through the countryside in the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa, June 2025.
Rural dioceses are experiencing new signs of life and deserve to...
As tensions between the United States and Cuba intensify, the Vatican is showing greater attention to the situation, with one top official condemning a logic of confrontation and the use of...
Pope Leo XIV and the co-founder of artificial intelligence company Anthropic will launch the pontiff’s first encyclical on May 25, a document on the care of human dignity in the era of AI, the...