Sunday Obligation Archives

California bishop dispenses Sunday Mass obligation over Trump’s immigration raids

For the first time in history, a Catholic bishop has waived the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for reasons unrelated to a natural disaster or major societal event.

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Ray Hilbrich

• Jul 11, 2025Jul 11, 2025

Diocese in the Netherlands announces parishes will no longer offer Mass every Sunday

'In many deaneries, it is simply no longer possible to find and maintain structured enough priests to celebrate the Eucharist every weekend in every church; other places are experiencing a shortage of priests.'

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Jack Bingham

• Sep 7, 2022Sep 8, 2022

Scottish bishops announce Sunday Mass obligation to be restored in March

‘The obligation for Catholics to celebrate Sunday as a Holy Day by gathering together for Mass will be restored from the First Sunday in Lent, Sunday 6th March,” Bishop Hugh Gilbert announced.

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LifeSite

• Feb 4, 2022

Jesuit magazine encourages Catholics to ignore Sunday Mass obligation

America magazine implied that ‘conscience’ could overrule bishops’ directives.

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Raymond Wolfe

• Feb 16, 2021Jun 18, 2021

One by one, bishops slowly insisting Catholics go back to Mass. How many will listen?

Having used their authority to stop lay Catholics from attending Mass, can bishops now invoke their authority to bring them back? Will this genie go back in the bottle?

Opinion

Phil Lawler

• Sep 16, 2020Jul 30, 2021

Another US bishop reinstates Sunday obligation: It’s ‘grave sin’ to miss Mass

Archbishop Jerome Listecki said that those who 'deliberately fail to attend Sunday Mass commit a grave sin'

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Martin Bürger

• Sep 15, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Pope Francis’ confidant: Sunday Mass obligation isn’t ‘indispensable,’ it ‘could fall’

Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández said that 'social distancing and quarantine' will require Catholics to 'reinvent' themselves

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Maike Hickson

• Apr 28, 2020Jul 30, 2021

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Articles tagged Sunday Obligation

California bishop dispenses Sunday Mass obligation over Trump’s immigration raids

Diocese in the Netherlands announces parishes will no longer offer Mass every Sunday

Scottish bishops announce Sunday Mass obligation to be restored in March

Jesuit magazine encourages Catholics to ignore Sunday Mass obligation

One by one, bishops slowly insisting Catholics go back to Mass. How many will listen?

Another US bishop reinstates Sunday obligation: It’s ‘grave sin’ to miss Mass