Many Catholic dioceses and archdioceses across the country -- which closed their parish doors for a time at the start of the pandemic last year and have gradually opened them to limited occupancy in the past year -- are getting ready to
After seeing public Masses canceled for weeks earlier this year, parishes across the country have reopened even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, but are the faithful coming back? Parish and diocesan officials interviewed by Our Sunday Visitor say that while a return
Health officials in the city of Madison and in Dane County June 5 lifted a 50-person cap instituted for houses of worship, a limitation that Madison Bishop Donald J. Hying earlier called unjust and said was stifling the church's "pastoral mission." Bishop
Return of public Masses still uncertain in some of the country’s largest archdioceses
The Church is slowly reopening in major American cities after several weeks of diocesan officials working with public health experts to monitor coronavirus case trends and devise protocols they hope will keep people safe when they return to Mass. But even while
With safety guidelines in place, several dioceses welcome the faithful back into parishes
After nearly two months without public Masses because of the coronavirus pandemic, dioceses — mostly in the South and Midwest — have begun allowing pastors to celebrate Masses for the faithful again. All of the bishops who have restarted public Masses in
As governments ease their recommendations, dioceses, too, are loosening in various ways the tight restrictions adopted earlier this spring to help flatten the curve. Church leaders are having constant conversations about what such a loosening means for public gatherings, availability of the
As more governors begin talking about reopening their states, most of which have been shut down for almost two months because of the coronavirus pandemic, a growing number of the nation’s Catholic bishops are looking to bring back public Masses, albeit with