Catholic diocese of Dallas

The Diocese of Dallas will require everyone inside its school buildings to wear masks starting Tuesday. Superintendent of the Diocese of Dallas Catholic schools, Matt Vereecke, announced the mask mandate in a letter to parents Monday. He cited “clear and present danger for unvaccinated children” from the delta COVID-19 variant and rising COVID-19 cases in North Texas. “While these protocols…

The Catholic Diocese of Dallas has announced that congregants will soon be obligated to once again attend Sunday Mass in person.

Many parishes in the Diocese of Dallas will be closed and Ash Wednesday services will be canceled due to extreme weather and dangerous road conditions.

Reverend Edward Burns, Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas, joins NBC 5 to discuss how local parishes will be closed and Ash Wednesday services will be canceled due to extreme weather and dangerous road conditions.

Catholic churches are now required to conduct Ash Wednesday differently due to the coronavirus pandemic. They will give one blessing instead of individual ones, and sprinkle ashes over each person’s head.

In a letter to religious private schools, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said Friday the local public health orders attempting to restrict religious private school in-person reopenings were unconstitutional.

Dallas County Health Officials have decided the best way to keep students safe is to keep them at home until after Labor Day. The county order says schools can start on time but classes have to stay online. Education reporter Wayne Carter is talking with local superintendents about this.

As Texas faces a surge in coronavirus cases, the Catholic Diocese of Dallas is scaling back its reopening plans.

As Texas faces a surge in coronavirus cases, the Catholic Diocese of Dallas is scaling back its reopening plans.

The Catholic Diocese of Dallas will leave the decision of whether or not to resume Sunday masses up to individual pastors, Rev. Edward J. Burns announced Friday.

The Catholic Diocese of Dallas has announced that public Sunday Masses may resume on June 28 under Phase Three of the diocesan reopening plan.

The Diocese of Dallas released a list of new requirements this week, and they aren’t sitting well with some parents.

The Diocese of Dallas released a list of new requirements this week, and they aren’t sitting well with some parents.

Dallas Roman Catholic diocese has removed a priest from the ministry after sexual abuse allegations arose in the Colombian archdiocese where he formerly served.

A former Dallas-area priest who has been accused of molesting children in the 1980s was arrested in Missouri on Wednesday night.

A former Dallas-area priest who has been accused of molesting children in the 1980s was arrested in Missouri on Wednesday night.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a former priest in the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, police say. Dallas police confirmed Wednesday they issued an arrest warrant for sexual assault of a child for Richard Thomas Brown.

A former Dallas-area priest who has been accused of molesting children in the 1980s was arrested in Missouri on Wednesday night. Dallas police confirmed Wednesday they issued an arrest warrant for sexual assault of a child for 78-year-old Richard Thomas Brown. He was booked into jail in Jefferson County, Missouri, Wednesday evening, the county sheriff’s department confirmed to NBC 5….