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Why is Public Mass Suspended? 4 Case Studies Show Why

April 1, 2020December 1, 2021 Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

After COVID, hit and parishes were not having public Mass, some wondered about the prudence of this. I gave a few cases showing why in a post.

Church Door Locked (CC0 PeakPX)
Church Door Locked (CC0 PeakPX)

If anyone still questions why Catholic churches have suspended public Masses? It’s because we love our fellow Catholics and don’t want to expose them to likely danger. Here are four examples of how that can happen at churches or similar.

None of us priests are happy with the situation and wish we could celebrate public Mass, give you all Communion, have big family baptisms and weddings, etc. One bishop said it was the most painful decision he’d ever made.

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