Tag: Texas
Robert Roberson cleared to face death penalty after Texas Supreme Court...
The Texas Supreme Court Nov. 15 denied a state House committee's attempt to delay the execution of a man convicted of murder in the...
Feud continues as Arlington Carmelite nuns announce association with the Society...
A community of Discalced Carmelite nuns in Texas has announced a formal association with the Society of St. Pius X amid an ongoing feud...
Power outage in eastern Texas pauses Catholic aid organizations following Hurricane...
HOUSTON -- Catholic aid organizations in the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese confirmed they cannot get to work just yet because of the power outage that left...
Vatican overturns Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth’s dismissal of...
An embattled nun in Texas at the center of a yearlong controversy can remain in the Carmelite order, according to a Vatican decree publicized...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attempts to shut down Catholic nonprofit...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton revived his attempt to shut down El Paso's Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants, just a couple of...
Texas Carmelite nuns withdraw request of temporary restraining order against Bishop...
A small community of discalced Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, has reportedly withdrawn a request for a temporary restraining order against Bishop Michael F....
U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton allows Biden administration to continue...
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge March 8 dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states, allowing the Biden administration to continue operating a program permitting some...
Texas death-row inmate Ivan Cantu executed despite allegations of false testimony...
Ivan Cantu was executed Feb. 28 by the state of Texas despite claims that the Texan's 2001 conviction for killing James Mosqueda and Amy...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files suit to shut down Catholic...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit in an attempt to shut down a Catholic nonprofit in El Paso serving migrants and asylum-seekers,...
Texas court rules emergency abortions not required by hospitals; No ‘unqualified...
The Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency health care law to require hospitals in Texas to perform emergency abortions, a federal appeals court...