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Texas Bishops Make Ad Limina Visit
Every diocese periodically reports to Rome on the status of its life and ministry. Each bishop is asked to send the Vatican a written summary of the state of his diocese and then, with brother bishops from his region, go to Rome to visit the tombs of Sts. Peter and Paul – as well as confer with the successor of St. Peter, the Pope, and meet with various Vatican offices.
Overturn HHS Mandate
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced that religious employers will be required to provide health care plans that include coverage of sterilization, contraceptives, and abortifacients. Catholic schools, hospitals, and charities are not exempt from this mandate. This violation of religious liberty is unconscionable and unnecessary.
Diocese of Corpus Christi - Century of Tradition, Lifetime of Faith
Learn more about the Diocese of Corpus Christi’s Centennial Jubilee, which celebrates 100 years since its creation by Pope Saint Pius X in 1912.
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship
With the 2012 election cycle in full swing, the Texas Catholic Conference (TCC) is gearing up to help Catholic citizens draw upon their faith and moral principles when forming their political and policy decisions.

Proposal to pay for contraceptive cost 'radically flawed,' say bishops
04/03/2012

By Catholic News Service

Even with a new federal proposal that third-party administrators pay the costs of contraceptives for religious employers who object to the coverage, the health reform law's contraceptive mandate "remains radically flawed," according to the U.S. bishops.

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TX Catholic Voice: Corpus Christi Celebrates 100 Years, Bishops Return from Ad Limina Visit
03/31/2012

March 31, 2012
Corpus Christi Diocese Celebrates 100 Years

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston was the principal celebrant at the Centennial Jubilee Mass for the Diocese of Corpus Christi at the American Bank Center on March 2 [ ... ]

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Our Mission The primary purpose of the Conference is to encourage and foster cooperation and communication among the dioceses and the ministries of the Catholic Church of Texas. A major function of the Conference is to be the public policy arm of the Conference's Board of Directors, the bishops of Texas, before the Texas legislature, the Texas delegation in Congress, and state agencies. The public policy issues addressed by the Conference include institutional concerns of the Catholic Church as well as issues related to Catholic moral and social teachings. Learn more about us.

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