As Texas and Mississippi lift COVID restrictions, bishops voice caution
Mar 8, 2021 national correspondent
In this 2015 file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks in Washington during the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. (Credit: Tyler Orsburn/CNS).
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.
NEW YORK — Catholic prelates in Texas and Mississippi will, for the most part, maintain COVID-19 precautions at their parishes despite recent announcements from each state’s governors that restrictions will ease.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced earlier this week that the state will be 100 percent open, without masks or any other COVID-19 mandates, on March 10.