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Melissa Lucio is seen in this undated photo. Lucio, a Catholic mother of 14, was sentenced to death in Texas in 2007 for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah, that Lucio, now 53, has maintained was due to an accidental fall down a stairwell. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution April 25, 2022. (CNS photo/courtesy Melissa Lucio's defense team via Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

Texas bishops welcome stay of execution for mother on death row

John Lavenburg|Apr 26, 2022|4 Min Read

Auxiliary Bishop Mario A. Avilés of Brownsville, Texas, participates in a small group discussion during a binational synod meeting in Matamoros, Mexico, March 27, 2022. (CNS photo/Deacon Roman Ramos, courtesy The Valley Catholic)

Synodal process is cross-border event for South Texas, Mexico contingents

Paul Binz|Mar 31, 2022|4 Min Read

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington March 15, 2022. The justices in an 8-1 decision March 24 ruled in favor of a Texas death-row inmate prisoner John Ramirez, who wanted his pastor to pray aloud over him and place his hands on him in the execution chamber. Ramirez's execution was supposed to take place in September 2021 but it was stayed and a new date has not yet been set. (CNS photo/Emily Elconin, Reuters)

Court rules in favor of inmate's prayer request during execution

Carol Zimmermann|Mar 24, 2022|4 Min Read

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Federal officials condemn Texas' investigations of child transgender therapies

Jonah McKeown|Mar 3, 2022|3 Min Read

An anti-death penalty button is seen in this 2015 file photo. (CNS photo/Nick Oxford, Reuters)

Catholic leaders plead for clemency for Texas woman

Carol Zimmermann|Mar 1, 2022|3 Min Read

Migrants in Tapachula, Mexico, wait in a stadium Dec. 3, 2021, as they hope to receive help from the Mexican government to obtain humanitarian visas to transit Mexico. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Groups file suit to get information on Catholic agencies helping migrants

Catholic News Service|Feb 11, 2022|3 Min Read

Thousands of pro-life advocates gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 1, 2021, in conjunction with oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. (Katie Yoder/CNA)

US Supreme Court allows Texas abortion law challenge to stay with state's top court

Jonah McKeown|Jan 21, 2022|2 Min Read

Local and national media, along with police, crowd the parking lot at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Colleyville, Texas, Jan. 15, 2022, after four hostages were taken during services at nearby Congregation Beth Israel. After about an 11-hour standoff with an FBI crisis response team on the scene, the incident at the synagogue ended with the hostages' release and the hostage-taker being fatally shot. (CNS photo/Kevin Bartram, North Texas Catholic Magazine)

‘We offered them a safe space’: Texas priest details parish's role helping synagogue hostage families

Katie Yoder|Jan 18, 2022|3 Min Read

An ultrasound is conducted in this illustration photo. (CNS photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

Appeals court sends challenge to Texas abortion law to state Supreme Court

Carol Zimmermann|Jan 18, 2022|3 Min Read

Pro-life advocates pray near the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Nov. 1, 2021. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Supreme Court sends Texas abortion case to federal appeals court

Carol Zimmermann|Dec 21, 2021|3 Min Read

Pro-life advocates and supporters of legal abortion are seen near the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington Oct. 4, 2021, the first day of the high court's new term. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Supreme Court keeps Texas abortion law in place, says it will review it

Carol Zimmermann|Oct 22, 2021|4 Min Read

A patient at Houston Women's Reproductive Services in Texas discusses ultrasound results with a doctor Oct. 1, 2021. (CNS photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

Appeals court temporarily reinstates Texas abortion law

Carol Zimmermann|Oct 15, 2021|3 Min Read

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