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Texas bishops oppose bill that would end handgun permit requirement

May 4, 2021

Texas Catholic bishops said they are opposed to a bill pending in the state legislature that would allow people to carry handguns without a permit.

By Catholic News Service

Lubbock votes to ban abortion, setting up likely legal fight

May 3, 2021

Lubbock voters have approved a measure aimed at outlawing abortion in the West Texas city, a move likely to prompt legal action from opponents who call it an unconstitutional ban on the procedure.

By Associated Press

However humble, colonia feels like home for these migrants

May 1, 2021

In the northern part of Donna, Maria Hernandez lives with her five children in a yellow mobile home. One of its shattered windows is boarded up; an air conditioner, propped up by a wooden pole, hangs from another. Among the items sitting on the ground outside are a broken toilet, a toddler’s car seat, and a mop.

By John Lavenburg

Texas ends clergy, spiritual advisers ban in death chamber

Apr 23, 2021

Texas prisons have resumed allowing clergy as well as spiritual advisers in the death chamber, reversing a two-year ban created after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of an inmate who had argued his religious freedom was being violated because his Buddhist spiritual adviser wasn’t allowed to accompany him, officials said Thursday.

By Juan A. Lozano

Texas Senate OKs abortion bills; one would ban it if court overturns Roe

Apr 2, 2021

The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops was “thrilled to report” the state Senate passed several pro-life bills supported by the conference, executive director Jennifer Allmon said March 31.

By Catholic News Service

Photographer gives collection to Dallas Diocese, credits his talent to God

Mar 21, 2021

For Ron St. Angelo, photography became a passion at Beaumont High during the mid-1960s and then his life’s work soon after his return from two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy.

By Jeff Miller

No evidence migrants at border significantly spreading virus

Mar 11, 2021

As he ended Texas’s coronavirus restrictions Wednesday over the objections of public health officials, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has tried shifting concern about the virus’ spread to migrants with COVID-19 crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, though without evidence they are a significant factor.

By Paul J. Weber and Nomaan Merchant

As Texas and Mississippi lift COVID restrictions, bishops voice caution

Mar 8, 2021

Catholic prelates in Texas and Mississippi will, for the most part, maintain COVID-19 precaution mandates at their parishes despite recent announcements from each state’s governor that restrictions will ease.

By John Lavenburg