Letters to the editor: We need to talk about the crime of going to Mass

I never thought collective religious observances would be criminalised

The government’s criminalisation of religious ceremonies other than limited attendance at weddings or funerals during a pandemic warrants further contemplation and reflection. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

We live in the strangest and most challenging of times. However, things have just recently become much, much stranger.

It’s now a crime to attend Mass but not a sin. It’s only a sin not to observe the sabbath and attend religious ritual
services on the sabbath day, according to a number of faith traditions.