Some have instructed their parishes to go ahead with communion and confirmation services, defying national lockdown rules
An empty shopping street is seen amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Dublin, Ireland. Picture: REUTERS/CLODAGH KILCOYNE
Ireland has been gradually unwinding its third and longest lockdown and will only consider easing measures beyond a recent reopening of indoor dining at the end of August over concern about the more infectious Covid-19 Delta variant. While mass attendance has fallen dramatically in the once deeply Catholic Ireland, the church still owns about 90% of the country’s primary schools and the two sacraments are major family occasions for many.
Doran said the ceremonies, which were postponed in March, would be “slimmed down” as they were in 2020, with families told not to hang around in the church for photographs afterwards and urged to limit the numbers for any subsequent gatherings.
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