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In Thursday's service with thousands in St. Peter's Basilica, Leo also lamented conditions for the homeless across the globe and the destruction caused by war more generally Pope Leo XIV looks on ...

Mildred Joyce Meyer, 98, of San Antonio, Texas, passed away in La Vernia on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, with her granddaughters at her side. She was born April 1, 1927, in Guadalupe County to Ernst (Tom) ...

•Widow of Arthur Herman Meyer; mother of the late Leanna Kay Mays and “adopted daughter,” Susan Thompson; sister of Marilyn McKee and the late Milton Mattke and Elaine Williams; grandmother of Desiree ...