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Diocese: Catholics can no longer use COVID as an excuse to miss Mass

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg will reinstate the obligation to attend Sunday Mass effective the weekend of June 5 and 6. Bishop Terry LaValley and his counterparts in the dioceses of Syracuse, Buffalo and Rochester made the announcement May 23. “Today, with vaccination rates rising, infection numbers across the state are falling and we are seeing the reopening of every sector of society, including businesses, restaurants and sporting events,” the bishops said in a joint statement. “Now it is also time to return to Sunday Mass.” In a video posted to the Diocese of Ogdensburg’s website, LaValley recalled how he suspended all public Masses on March 17, 2020 due to the coronavirus. At that time, all parishioners “were dispensed from their obligation to participate at Sunday Eucharist.”

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