Bishop Mario Alberto Avilés, a former Catholic educator who most recently served as auxiliary bishop of Brownsville, was ...

Bishop Mario Avilés becomes the ninth bishop of Corpus Christi along with a solemn vespers service and installation Mass this week.

Reverend Mario Alberto Avilés, originally from Mexico, will be officially installed this Wednesday in historic ceremony ...

The Pope had battled double pneumonia and was confined to a hospital in Rome in recent months. Still, news of his death shook the world, and the Coastal Bend Roman Catholic community mourned and ...

Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, died at age 88 on Easter Monday. The Diocese of Corpus Christi will hold a memorial Mass on April 23. Pope Francis was known for his advocacy for the poor ...

The 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage completed its 3,300-mile journey across the western United States Sunday, having traversed 10 states, stopping in 20 dioceses and encountering thousands of ...

Stephanie Molina is the neighborhood reporter for West Nueces County and Kleberg County. EDITOR'S NOTE: The story has been changed to reflect that seed money donated by the Kenedy Memorial Foundation ...