The obligation for Catholics to attend Mass on Sunday and Holy Days is to be re-introduced in England and Wales from Pentecost.
The decision by the English and Welsh bishops means that, from June 5, the faithful will be obliged to go to Sunday Mass each week for the first time in more than two years.
The Government’s lockdown of March 2020, aimed at stopping the spread of the Covid-19 virus and protecting the NHS from possible collapse, included the closure of churches so public Mass was unavailable to Catholics during that period.
