The Catholic Lighthouse is the official publication of the Diocese of Victoria in Texas. It contains news concerning activities in the diocese plus regional, national and international news received from national resources such as the Catholic News Agency. The Catholic Lighthouse includes local, church, and community events. It also features specific topics of interest to the church population: Teens, Young Adults, Faith & Family, Spirituality, Social Justice, Church in the News, and Entertainment. The newspaper is published monthly. See the latest edition below.
Married women’s birth rates fell from about 87.4 per 1,000 in 2017 to 80.8 in 2020, before edging up slightly by 2023.
CDC data shows overall births falling...
Madalaine Elhabbal/EWTN News
Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, who posted a video message on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) about Child...
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea, on April 22, 2026.
The pontiff urged Catholics in the...
Table of Contents: Things to Give Up for Lent When Ash Wednesday draws near, Catholics and other Christians seem to fall into two distinct groups when it comes to what to give up for Lent. The first...
Along with prayer and almsgiving, fasting is one of the three pillars of Lent. In a message for Lent in 2008, Pope Benedict XVI described these as “specific tasks that accompany the faithful...
Ash Wednesday 2026: The start of the Lenten season Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. Pope Francis Table of Contents What is Ash Wednesday? In 2026, like in...
Thanks to donations, the telescope is now operable remotely by students at Jesuit universities and has already been used by astronomers at the Vatican’s observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.