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Bishop of Austin Decries Ice Shooting as Federal Officials Say Man Fled Arrest

Police tape is seen at the site where Venezuelan migrant Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was shot and wounded during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 20, 2026. He was rushed to a hospital after he was shot, local officials said, and is in stable but serious condition with one gunshot wound to the torso.

Bishop Garcia asked for prayers for the man who was shot and “all who have been involved,” asking for government authorities to be “transparent and honest about what occurred.”

How England’s Assisted-Suicide Bill Was Defeated

Henry Nicholls
A campaigner against a change in the law on assisted dying holds a placard outside The Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament in central London, on September 11, 2026.

Parliamentary scrutiny, grassroots mobilization, concern for vulnerable people, underfunded end-of-life care — and plenty of prayer — combined to halt the proposed law.

Fragments of Medieval Gospel of St. Mark-Turned-Relic Reunited After 7 Centuries

One of the fragments of the sixth-century manuscript venerated as a relic, attributed to the authorship of the Evangelist St. Mark.

The exhibition, 'The Gospel of Mark: Seven Centuries. Three Fragments. One European Story,' has made it possible to view the original sixth-century manuscripts once venerated as relics.