Also catholic in the Austin diocese. If they pull this stunt here I'm either going somewhere else or I'll just stop going at all. This is stupid crap to put up with. that being said, the Dallas Diocese is definitely going full retard on this issue. Here is their policy on this issue:
https://www.cathdal.org/news-item?r=MJ9 ... end_to=%2F
For an institution that claims to be loving, accepting, and welcoming of all walks of life, they certainly got deep intot he legal mumbo jumbo.
The Ft. Worth Diocese is following a similar path to Dallas and are also being unbelievably short sighted on this
http://www.fwdioc.org/diocesan-weapons- ... 1-7-16.pdf
The Tyler diocese seems to have their heads on a little straighter. They've merely asked that people don't open carry but seem to be okay with concealed carry.
Tyler Diocese statement:
https://www.dioceseoftyler.org/news/201 ... carry-law/
For anyone who follows Fr. Z's blog, he has a good write-up here about whether a catholic bishop, may, as a function of his office, prohibit people from conceal carrying at mass or if its strictly a legal issue (spoiler: he concludes that a catholic bishop does
not have this authority)
http://wdtprs.com/blog/2016/01/ask-fath ... -is-legal/