Mask-wearing at church has paralleled public mask use in general, which has seen variance across the state and country.

In a moving ceremony at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral, Cardinal Timothy Dolan blessed the cremated remains of Mexican nationals who had worked in city hospitals at the height of the pandemic and subsequently died from the virus before they were flown back to Mexico for burial.

The pandemic has had untold effects upon the spiritual and sacramental life of the church.

With some guidance from St. Ignatius of Loyola.

A prohibition by some U.S. Navy commands against active service members participating in off-base indoor religious services over coronavirus fears has now been revised, allowing attendance at places of worship where congregants can maintain social distance and wear face coverings.

With the virus raging in the American southwest, public worship has been again suspended with the goal of preventing any additional spread of the disease.