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Questions about Mass attendance
Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Starting Sunday, it will be a serious sin for a Catholic in the Milwaukee archdiocese to miss Sunday Mass without a serious reason. Last week it was OK. It’s still OK in most other American dioceses and archdioceses. Bishops have no special expertise on questions of public safety and, since their decisions on this matter were unquestionably based on calculations of public safety, many Catholics are likely to question their judgments.