The Sunday obligation will remain suspended and churches will be asked to continue livestreaming when public Masses resume in England on July 4, the country’s metropolitan archbishops have announced. In a joint letter on the resumption of public Mass, the archbishops also encourage priests to say more weekend Masses so that as many people as possible can attend while maintaining social distancing, and urge Catholics to consider attending Mass during the week in place of Sunday in order to ease the pressure on numbers. In summary, the letter says:
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Extra Masses and no Sunday obligation as public worship resumes, archbishops say
The Sunday obligation will remain suspended and churches will be asked to continue livestreaming when public Masses resume in England on July 4, the country’s metropolitan archbishops have announced.
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