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Detroit archbishop extends exemption from attending Sunday Mass amid pandemic
Read full article: Detroit archbishop extends exemption from attending Sunday Mass amid pandemicDETROIT The Detroit archbishop has extended the dispensation, or exemption, from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation for Catholics in the Archdiocese of Detroit until Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. This includes all travelers during their time within the territory of the Archdiocese of Detroit, Archbishop Vigneron announced Friday. While the dispensation from the grave obligation to attend Sunday Mass is in effect, all baptized Catholics are reminded of the grave necessity they have to keep holy the Lords Day, reads a statement from Vigneron. Prayer and time for God, time for family, and works of charity should be central to a Catholics Sunday.Catholic leaders have been issuing waivers on Mass attendance since the coronavirus pandemic swept the world earlier this year. Read more: Across faiths, religious rules bent as virus alters worship