The Vatican last week issued a decree excommunicating priests part of the Society of Saint Pius X. The SSPX has several chapels in the state.

San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller is asking Catholics not to attend St. Joseph's Chapel, saying recent actions by the Society of St. Pius X violated Church law and ended the archdiocese's cooperation with the chapel. He is urging parishioners to attend Catholic churches recognized by the archdiocese instead.

The Vatican responded Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X in schism and excommunicating its bishops and priests.

In the first papal address to the Spanish legislature, the American pope said a "moral renewal" was necessary in legislatures and public life to ensure respect for the inherent dignity of all people.

The nuns from the parish of St. John Bosco, are members of the Salesian Sisters (formally known as the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians). They dedicate their lives to Christian education, missionary work, guiding youth and helping women at risk. The parish of St. John Bosco and St. John Bosco Elementary school are in San Antonio's West Side.

The lawsuit argues that 14 acres on Mount Cristo Rey, which features a 29-foot-tall statue of Jesus, are needed for barriers and other technology to secure the border.

After an appeals court reversed an injunction prohibiting several districts from hanging the Ten Commandments posters in classrooms, Paxton announced he will investigate the districts previously protected by the injunction. The investigation includes six Houston-area school districts

In a city with more than a million Catholics, residents weigh a global conflict and a war of words.

Millions of Texans tell pollsters religion is very important in their lives. Every Sunday hundreds of megachurches fill up and celebrate their faith – which also shapes their politics. The result , elections are won and lost based on performances of righteousness. The State Board of Education bends the nation’s textbooks to a conservative Lone Star gospel, and laws are passed based on Christian values. How did Texas become “one state under God"?

The largest psychedelic church in America has signed up more than 135,000 members who donate various amounts of money entitling them to corresponding amounts of psychedelics.