Houston's Holy Ghost Parish has suspended Masses after the death of one priest and the confirmation that five others have COVID-19.
announced on April 29 that its parishes
could reopen at 25% capacity starting on May 2 while encouraging the use of masks, social distancing and sanitizing commonly used surfaces. Each parish was instructed to “choose if they wish to celebrate Mass, and how to comply with state guidelines,”Cardinal Daniel DiNardo also gave his approval for churches to begin offering the Sacrament of Confession again., or exempted, Catholics in his archdiocese from the religious obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days.
“I have heard the continued pleas of so many of the faithful and priests for access to the spiritual strength and nourishment of the sacraments after enduring so many weeks of stay-at-home orders,” DiNardo wrote in a letter to parishioners. “Therefore, I believe the time has arrived to look forward to how this local church can cautiously resume some of its essential activities.
The Harris County Public Health Department directed HuffPost to the City of Houston for comment. The Houston Health Department said it doesn’t identify locations associated with infectious disease investigations and declined to say whether a secular gathering similar to Holy Ghost Church’s services would meet the city’s coronavirus guidelines.
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