Catholic Church In Iceland Resumes Masses

In a statement from Bishop David B. Tencer on the matter, the Catholic Church of Iceland has announced that they will resume holding Sunday mass again, in light of the relaxation of some coronavirus restrictions.

The Bishop points out that the gathering ban has now been raised from 10 people to 20, as of today. If any of their priests see that too many people want to come to Mass, then priests can raise the number of Masses on any given Sunday. Each priest is capable of holding three Masses per day.

“Covid is our common enemy,” the Bishop concludes. “Let us try our best to defeat this plague, and beseech God to save us from it.”

As reported, the Catholic Church made the decision to cease Sunday Masses and Saturday evening vigils on January 4th. This was after the church was found to have broken coronavirus restrictions twice, on Christmas Day and on New Year’s Eve.

In the wake of that reporting, the Bishop issued a statement calling for consistency of coronavirus restrictions, and implored health authorities to review policy.

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