Mass is more than a place where we go to pray as a group
Mass at St Mary’s Church in Belfast city
centre after restrictions in Northern Ireland
were lifted. Photo: Hugh Russell.
You would really have to wonder how public health advice intersects so neatly with secular convenience, writes Paul Brosnan It has been such a difficult year for myself and indeed all other practicing Catholics across Ireland. Government policy has made it impossible to perform our natural obligation as Christians, which is to attend and participate…