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[Catholic Caucus] Texas archbishop falsely claims independent school ‘misrepresents’ its Catholic statusLumen Christi Academy seeks to provide 'an authentically Catholic classical education' but makes clear it is an 'independent' school outside of diocesan control.Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio has falsely accused a self-proclaimed “independent school in the Catholic tradition” of misrepresenting “their Catholic status to the public” in an attempt to discourage displaced schoolchildren from attending the academy.After The Atonement Catholic Academy announced May 31 that it would soon close due to financial unsustainability, Lumen Christi Academy – an initiative of the Sanctus Ranch founders and within driving distance...

NEW YORK – One U.S. prelate has gone where none have dared to go before: Directly condemning President Donald Trump for racism. In a series of tweets Aug. 5, San Antonio’s Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller pleaded with Trump to “stop hate and racism, starting with yourself.” In several follow-up messages, the Mexican-American archbishop directly called out the president saying: “President stop your hatred. People in the US deserve better.” “President you are a poor man, a very week [sic] man. Stop damaging people. Please!” Archbishop Garcia-Siller wrote in another. “Stop racism!!!! Stop!!!” he tweeted. “Starts with leadership.” Archbishop Garcia-Siller’s messages come...

Texas Catholics have suffered a loss at the hands of San Antonio's Abp. Gustavo Garcia-Siller. At the end of Mass Sunday, parishioners at Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church (OLA) were stunned to learn Garcia-Siller had commanded three Poor Clare nuns attached to the parish back to their motherhouse in Alabama after nine years in San Anotonio. They had been in the process of raising funds to build a monastery. The sisters left Sunday morning before the announcement was made; parishioners weren't even given the chance to say goodbye. The whole affair, inside sources at Our Lady of the Atonement allege, is a retaliatory tactic by...

Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. of San Antonio has shown the kind of leadership so badly needed in this election season. When the oxymoronic Catholics of Choice published a advertisement in the San Antonio newspaper (September 12), Archbishop Garcia-Siller answered with the following broadside. This statement has the ring of a bishop who has had enough of the nonsense and wants to set the record straight. Thank you Archbishop Garcia-Siller! (Italics are added for emphasis.) ARCHDIOCESE RESPONDS TO CATHOLICS FOR CHOICE ADVERTISEMENT IN SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS An organization called Catholics for Choice placed a full-page advertisement in the Sept. 12 edition...