Separate from... Part church... Insulate against?
God bless you.
In other countries they wait months to see a priest or walk miles to go to Mass.
This is a spiritual problem.
Pray, tithe, volunteer.
It was written that this would happen.
Other people live in other places and different times. If all that is needed is in effect, an administrative solution, so that the elderly and infirm, many of whom cannot travel great distances, can still find spiritual solace and absolution, why deny it to them?
The church can and should be flexible when it does not infringe on its doctrines, beliefs or sacred practices.
In these places there are not enough congregants to maintain full churches, but this does not require abandonment.