Peter Baldacchino

Bishop Peter Baldacchino of Las Cruces, New Mexico (CNS/Bob Roller)

Las Cruces lawmaker says politics led to denial of Communion

New Mexico state Sen. Joseph Cervantes, a Democrat, says that he has been treated differently by the church since voting to repeal a state law banning abortion under most circumstances.

Bishop Peter Baldacchino wears a mask and gloves while giving Communion to a passenger of a vehicle during the Easter Vigil in the parking lot of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 11. (CNS)

US bishops wrestle with whether or how to open churches

By Peter Feuerherd

New Mexico diocese to let small number of people attend Mass

By Russell Contreras, The Associated Press

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