Philadelphia joins suburbs, lifts most COVID restrictions for churches

Philadelphia joins suburbs, lifts most COVID restrictions for churches
Students of Drexel Neumann Academy pray during Mass at St. Katharine Drexel Church, Chester, May 24. New directives by the City of Philadelphia June 2 mean that all parish churches in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia may remove most COVID-19 restrictions as early as the weekend of June 5-6, the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. (Photo by Sarah Webb)
By Matthew Gambino • Posted June 2, 2021
Catholics in the City of Philadelphia got an unexpected surprise as restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic were lifted for all churches on Wednesday, June 2.
Protocols such as frequent building sanitation, social distancing and capacity limits in churches were first put in place in March 2020. As of last week their removal in Philadelphia had been expected on June 11.

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