Texas voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment that bans government restrictions on religious services. The measure—which won support on more than 60% of the ballots cast—forbids the sort of restrictions that were imposed on churches by health officials in response to the Covid epidemic.

POPE FRANCIS TO CONFER NEW LAY MINISTRIES FOR FIRST TIME IN ST. PETER’S BASILICA
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will confer the ministries of catechist, lector, and acolyte upon lay men and