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[Catholic Caucus] Priority of New Bishop of Austin, Texas: Kneeling for Communion discouraged -- Communion kneelers to be bannedBishop Garcia has just arrived back at the capital of Texas, after a few mean years in Monterey (California) -- where his last measure before departing was to cancel the local Traditional Latin Mass. What is his first main concern in Austin, a burgeoning diocese filled with young Catholics and newcomers? Vocations? Inspire the faithful? Instill love for orthodoxy, Christ, the Sacraments, the Blessed Virgin?No: it's to discourage kneeling for Communion in the masses of Paul VI:Priorities... "For where your treasure is,...

[Catholic Caucus] Diocese of Austin shuts down planned Latin Mass for students at Texas A&M UniversityThe president of A&M’s Juventutem student chapter said it is ‘tragic that students who long for reverence and continuity with the past are being discriminated against.’Celebration of the Holy Mass vetus ordo, Mass in Latin, in the days of the pilgrimage Summorum Pontificum decennial.COLLEGE STATION, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — Catholic students at Texas A&M University in College Station will not have the opportunity to attend a planned Traditional Latin Mass after the Diocese of Austin ordered its cancellation.A press release issued on September 24 by the...

Monterey Bishop Prohibits Religious Exemption from COVID Vaccine Mandates“For these reasons, I will not issue, and I have directed our clergy not to issue, any Letters of Religious exemption because it would contradict the clear objective teaching of the Catholic Church and the Holy See on this matter,” Bishop Garcia wrote.MONTEREY, Calif. — Bishop Daniel Garcia of Monterey on Friday directed clergy not to provide letters of religious exemption for Catholics wishing not to receive a coronavirus vaccine.“Pope Francis has highly encouraged the vaccination as an act of safeguarding one’s own health as well as that of others –...

An 18-year-old refugee claimant who says his life could be at risk if he's sent back to Mexico was to be deported Saturday - amid what his lawyer called an unusually high degree of secrecy. Daniel Garcia, whose application for a temporary stay of his deportation order was dismissed by the Federal Court on Friday, was set to board a plane back to Mexico, although his lawyer said the government has not disclosed when the flight would take place. Lawyer Joel Sandaluk said Garcia's deportation itinerary was "blacked out," something he called "very unusual." "I've been doing this for 10...