Articles tagged Church Closures

Tokyo archbishop tells Catholics coming for Olympics to ‘refrain from visiting churches’ due to COVID fears

Archbishop Kikuchi's July 12 directive asked athletes and any visitors to Tokyo to stay away from Catholic churches, referencing the 'important duty' of protecting those who 'have received God's gift of life.'

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Michael Haynes

• Jul 14, 2021Jul 30, 2021

Irish government announces it will continue restrictions on Catholic sacraments

'It is advised that religious ceremonies such as Baptisms, First Holy Communions and Confirmations should not take place at this time. Further advice will follow on resumption of these ceremonies when it is safe to do so,' new advice published on the Irish government website on June 29 reads.

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Peter Levinson

• Jul 6, 2021Aug 19, 2021

Court orders Newsom to pay $1.35M in churches’ legal fees, bans discrimination against churches in COVID policies

'California may never again place discriminatory restrictions on churches and places of worship,' Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said regarding the decision, which Liberty Counsel won on behalf of Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• May 25, 2021Jul 30, 2021

When a bishop discourages baptism….

So whose advice should you follow? Whose orders should you obey? Jesus Christ, or Premier Ford? Jesus Christ, or Bishop Fabbro?

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Phil Lawler

• Apr 26, 2021Jul 30, 2021

Ireland targets the Church: Outdoor Confessions are illegal, but chatting with a priest isn’t

‘The ban on public worship is not, and has not been for some time, a matter of health but of sectarianism and more specifically anti-Catholicism and anti-Christianity,’ Kathy Sinnott, a former Member of the European Parliament for Ireland, told LifeSiteNews.

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David McLoone

• Apr 21, 2021Jul 30, 2021

After disrupting Catholic liturgy in London, police express empty ‘regret’ but make no promises

Ten days later after the police disrupted a Good Friday liturgy in a Catholic church in London, two police officials were invited guests at the church addressing a docile congregation along with the local bishop.

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Phil Lawler

• Apr 14, 2021Jul 30, 2021

BREAKING: Police raid Canadian church for defying COVID orders, erect barricade blocking entrance

Rebel News reporter Sheila Gunn Ried, who is at the church this morning, tweeted that 'RCMP and private Paladin security are here. RCMP have no documentation to present to the church re: closure, but are keeping members off the property.'

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Anthony Murdoch

• Apr 7, 2021Jul 30, 2021

Scotland’s supreme civil court rules nationwide church closures ‘unconstitutional’

The ruling judge, Lord Peter Braid, said that the government's reasons for banning private prayer in churches were 'insufficient to withstand even the lowest degree of scrutiny.'

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David McLoone

• Mar 24, 2021Jun 18, 2021

BREAKING: Jailed Canadian Pastor to officially walk from jail this afternoon after paying $1500 fine as ‘time served’

Coates has been in jail since February 16 for defying local COVID orders in Alberta, after refusing to agree to bail conditions which block his release unless he agrees to not hold church services amid severe lockdowns.

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Anthony Murdoch

• Mar 22, 2021Jun 18, 2021

WATCH: Irish Catholics defy lockdown with St. Patrick’s procession, call for churches to open

Upon the arrival of a statute of Our Lady of Fatima to the procession, a ‘miraculous’ change took place, as police stopped taking down names and addresses and instead backed off and ‘escorted the procession to our destination.’

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Michael Haynes

• Mar 18, 2021Jun 18, 2021

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Articles tagged Church Closures

Tokyo archbishop tells Catholics coming for Olympics to ‘refrain from visiting churches’ due to COVID fears

Irish government announces it will continue restrictions on Catholic sacraments

Court orders Newsom to pay $1.35M in churches’ legal fees, bans discrimination against churches in COVID policies

When a bishop discourages baptism….

Ireland targets the Church: Outdoor Confessions are illegal, but chatting with a priest isn’t

After disrupting Catholic liturgy in London, police express empty ‘regret’ but make no promises

BREAKING: Police raid Canadian church for defying COVID orders, erect barricade blocking entrance

Scotland’s supreme civil court rules nationwide church closures ‘unconstitutional’

BREAKING: Jailed Canadian Pastor to officially walk from jail this afternoon after paying $1500 fine as ‘time served’

WATCH: Irish Catholics defy lockdown with St. Patrick’s procession, call for churches to open