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

The Vatican’s Congregation for Clergy issued a new instruction on pastoral care that specifies the role of lay men and women in the church's mission of evangelization and offers guidance in parish reforms and restructuring.

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

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.

Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, has said that catechesis is a process in leading young people to a personal relationship with Jesus.