‘It has been a lifeline to so many’: Priest slams Government ban on communal worship during lockdown
A Catholic priest has slammed the government for its ban on communal worship during lockdown.This week, England’s Catholic Church strongly criticised the banning of attending mass over the next four weeks.Following this, Assistant Parish Priest at St Vincent’s RC Church in Altrincham, Father Robert Dykes, has written to his Conservative MP Sir Graham Brady calling for the ban to be lifted.Father Dykes outlined the benefits of communal worship to the community and urged the congregation at Mass this week to put pressure on their local MP.He believes banning communal worship again will add to the sense of isolation many have been feeling, and that religious gatherings have been ‘a great help to the nation’s wellbeing’ throughout the