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Aug 21, 2021 · Religious Leaders Play A Key Role In People's Decision To Get Vaccines Or Wear Masks A church that earlier denied the severity of COVID-19 changed its messaging after an outbreak. But another ...
Aug 20, 2021 · Joseph Zwilling, spokesman for the Archdiocese of New York, told Catholic News Service that a mask mandate has not been reinstated, but that pastors have been reminded that other protocols...
Jul 28, 2021 · “The risk for pastors is, if I make a shift, I lose people,” said Myer, whose church members have not reported any covid cases. “It’s hard to know what’s the right move here.”
- To Mask Or Not to Mask
- A New Culture War at Mass?
- Mass Options For All
“Last week there were no masked parishioners in church save for the clergy distributing Communion,” Theresa Maccarone of Rochester, N.Y., said, responding to Americaon Twitter. “I’ve decided to view Sunday Mass from home again since I don’t trust that all unmasked Catholics are fully vaccinated. “I’m hoping our new bishop will allow outdoor liturgi...
Comments about the issue at America’s U.S. Catholic Politics group on Facebook suggest that the decision to mask or not to mask remains unsettled across the country, with some parishes restoring mask guidelines—many never dropped them in the first place—and others forging ahead with liturgies without masks. “My parish dropped the mask mandate,” Liz...
Pastors attempting to keep the peace over a public health issue that has become deeply politicized may want to create as many options as possible. “My parish has both indoor (mask required) and outdoor mass (mask not required),” writes Wayne Mortensen from Oakland, Calif. “I attend outdoor and choose to wear a mask, even though I am fully vaccinate...
Aug 5, 2021 · Bishops around the country are reassessing diocesan policies for mask wearing at Mass as the Delta variant propels a new spike in Covid-19 cases, particularly among the unvaccinated.
Sep 4, 2020 · This view is echoed by some individual faith leaders, with churches flouting requirements that congregants wear masks. Meanwhile, media-savvy pastors have put anti-mask posts on Facebook that have ...
Feb 27, 2022 · More than 7 million Americans have weakened immune systems that make them more vulnerable to contracting the coronavirus and can make covid-19 more deadly. Many have chosen to stay home. Those who ...
