Faith and Covid: Majority of churchgoers want return to old worship patterns Rite & Reason: Survey says online services were accessed by 87% of Irish respondents Tue, May 11, 2021, 01:00 Gareth Byrne, Bernadette Sweetman Will the return to public worship be solely a return, or will it offer a path to a better future? Photograph: iStock
Mother Teresa is quoted as saying: “Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.” Commentary by Pope Francis on the importance of the “culture of encounter”, central to his book Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future also comes to mind.