Speaking just days before churches across England are permitted to reopen their doors on June 15, Cardinal Vincent Nichols told Catholics on Wednesday that the upcoming church reopenings are a "big step forward for society". Cardinal Nichols made the address from Westminster Cathedral, where he will celebrate Sunday Mass for the transferred Feast of Corpus Christi, which will be broadcast live on Radio 4 from 8.10am on June 14, a day before the scheduled church reopenings. At the Cathedral, he said he has witnessed "people praying at the closed door" in recent weeks. "I think the image of a church door closed is quite stark," he added. "The image of a church door wide open is also a very important message – come and enter into what we know to be the house of God". In his address, Cardinal Nichols specified that the upcoming changes will only apply to churches in England, with churches in Scotland and Wales awaiting further advice from their countries' devolved administrations and with Northern Ireland's churches already permitted to open. He also noted that the UK Government has not permitted a return to the public celebration of Mass. "So that will have to wait," he said. The cardinal added that the Church must do its best during the reopenings "to ensure that there’s no transmission of this silent, very, very deadly virus". He said that this will require churches to observe a "routine of cleaning" and means that churches should only reopen "when those responsible for the church, the priest and his team, know that they can do this properly." The Bishops in England and Wales released their own detailed guidelines earlier this month on the reopening of churches for individual prayer. There, the bishops specify that at least "two stewards must be present in the church throughout the time it is open for prayer," that hand sanitizer and safety notices are placed at church entrances and exits, and that adequate planning is made to ensure that social distancing and regular surface cleaning are maintained.