lockdowns Archives

Scottish bishops ask to be allowed more worshippers when churches reopen at Easter

Mar 2, 2021

Scotland’s bishops are calling on the government to allow more worshippers to attend services when churches are allowed to reopen at the beginning of April.

By Charles Collins

High court tells Santa Clara it can’t bar in-person worship

Feb 27, 2021

The Supreme Court is telling California’s Santa Clara County that it can’t enforce a ban on indoor religious worship services put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.

By Associated Press

Bishop: Maine governor’s new order on religious gatherings ‘unacceptable’

Feb 23, 2021

Maine Gov. Janet Mills’s Feb. 12 executive order that she explained would expand limits on church gatherings does little to help the state’s Catholic churches, Bishop Robert P. Deeley of Portland said.

By Catholic News Service

Kemp: Bar Georgia governors from limiting religious services

Feb 19, 2021

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp endorsed legislation Thursday that would bar future governors from limiting in-person religious services during a public health emergency.

By Associated Press

Rhode Island relaxes virus limits on houses of worship

Feb 12, 2021

Churches and other houses of worship in Rhode Island will soon able to welcome more of the faithful for in-person services and bar areas will be allowed to reopen under the loosening of some coronavirus restrictions announced Thursday by state Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor.

By Mark Pratt

California county reinstates ban on indoor worship

Feb 12, 2021

Santa Clara County has again banned indoor worship services out of coronavirus concerns after briefly permitting them because of a federal court ruling.

By Associated Press

General dispensation from Sunday Mass in Detroit Archdiocese expires March 13

Feb 11, 2021

Citing the “essential and central nature of the eucharistic sacrifice” in the life of the Catholic Church, Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron Feb. 9 announced the general dispensation from Sunday Mass for Catholics in the Archdiocese of Detroit will expire March 13.

By Michael Stechschulte, CNS

California bishops welcome court’s ruling easing worship restrictions

Feb 9, 2021

Two California Catholic bishops applauded the Supreme Court’s Feb. 5 ruling easing the state’s restrictions on indoor worship put in place with the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Carol Zimmermann