Posted on 11/30/2021 6:13:22 PM PST by marshmallow
Bishops 'embittered' as Catholic politicians order lockdown for churches
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (ChurchMilitant.com) - The prime minister of Slovakia, a devout Catholic, has ordered a ban on the public celebration of Holy Mass and other church services, blaming a rise in China virus infections.
Slovakia's bishops said they were "very bitter" that the ban beginning Thursday "should happen again in a situation in which many other areas of life remain open," as Slovakia became the first European nation to reintroduce a ban on public worship.
"The re-lockdown is a great disappointment," the bishops lamented. "Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Bishops' Conference of Slovakia has supported both adherence and vaccination for all those who allow it."
The prelates accused the government of reneging on its promise that "public services would no longer be banned and a blanket ban on public worship could be avoided" and demanded an end to the shutdown "as soon as possible."
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