The link will take you to a story on the website of First Things "As the Church enters a Triduum where a great majority of the faithful lack public access to the sacraments, I'd like to offer some reflections."

This is an Easter unlike any we have ever seen. In the midst of a worldwide pandemic and an alarming plunge in the oil market, our lifestyle and our economy have been turned upside-down within a matter of weeks. Despite how much we wish it would just go away, this crisis is far from over. How wonderful it would be if we could just wake up on Easter morning with everything magically back to normal, like a special gift from the Easter Bunny, but our recovery is going to take some time. It will take patience, hard work, and hope.

Catholics around the country have been putting our contributions into the little cardboard CRS Rice Bowls during Lent to assist the poor in other countries. With current COVID-19 safety precautions discourage people from leaving their homes, here is how to safely turn the money you have collected in to your parish.

All Catholics in our country are invited to join in simultaneous prayer of the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at 11:00 a.m. CDT this Good Friday, April 10, 2020. It will be led by Archbishop José Gomez, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Imelda Kensinger, OCarm, of Our Lady of Grace Carmelite Monastery in Christoval. She died on April 2, 2020. Bishop Michael Sis will preside at her Funeral Mass on Tuesday, April 7, at Our Lady of Grace Monastery. The funeral is not open to the public, due to the safety protocols during the current international pandemic. A video of the funeral will be made available for later viewing at home by friends, family, and fellow religious. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

In the light of the most recent developments of the Coronavirus in Texas, it is now necessary for us to make further restrictions in our practices, in order to promote public health and to limit the spread of this disease.

Pope Francis said he will grant a plenary indulgence to the faithful who watch or listen to his extraordinary blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) at 6 p.m. Rome time March 27.

En esta fiesta de la Anunciación del Señor, los obispos católicos de Texas ofrecemos palabras de fe viva y esperanza a nuestra gente en este tiempo extraordinario de ansiedad y enfermedad. Al enfrentar tantas incógnitas, podemos estar seguros de la fidelidad de Dios. La Anunciación del Señor es una fiesta de esperanza en la bondad y en el poder de Dios para intervenir en nuestro favor.

On this Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, the Catholic bishops of Texas offer some words of living faith and hope to our people in this extraordinary time of anxiety and illness. While we are facing so many unknowns, we can be certain of God’s faithfulness. The Annunciation of the Lord is a feast of hope in God's goodness and power to intervene on our behalf.

On March 18, 2020, the Brownwood/Brown County Health Department confirmed a case of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Brown County. This is the first reported case in the Diocese of San Angelo.

Bishop Michael J. Sis of the Diocese of San Angelo has released the following statement on coronavirus protocols enacted by the diocese, effective immediately.

Bishop Michael J. Sis of the Diocese of San Angelo has announced several precautionary measures aimed at preventing the potential spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) among the communities of the diocese. These temporary changes are effective immediately in all churches of the diocese and are to remain in place until further notice from the bishop.

WASHINGTON - Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace; Sean Callahan, president of Catholic Relief Services; and Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM, president of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, issued a statement addressing the Catholic response to the outbreak of the coronavirus.

The Vatican has released Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation "Querida Amazonía" following last year's Amazonian Synod. Click for a video and link to the Apostolic Exhortation and other official synod documents.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a page about the new coronavirus that has been infecting people around the world, including information on symptoms, treatment and prevention. Click the headline to be taken to the CDC's coronavirus page.

A Catholic priest in Nigeria releases an appeal for attention and action to the international community as Christians continue to be persecuted and murdered in his country.

In order to promote the pastoral good of the people of God, the bishop of every diocese appoints some priests from among the members of the Presbyteral Council who constitute a College of Consultors.

En nuestras conversaciones con amigos, conocidos y familiares, el tema de la religión a veces aparece. De vez en cuando alguien va a decir: “Soy espiritual pero no religioso.” En este artículo voy a tratar de explorar el enfoque de esa filosofía de la vida, y voy a tratar de abordarla desde mi propia perspectiva como cristiano católico.

In our conversations with friends, acquaintances, and relatives, the subject of religion sometimes comes up. Occasionally someone will say, “I am spiritual but not religious.” In this article I will seek to explore the approach of that life stance, and I will seek to address it from my own perspective as a Catholic Christian.

As a part of its series of celebrations of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, the Martin Luther King Jr. Association of San Angelo presents its annual birthday celebration.