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Ohio s six Roman Catholic bishops want people to return to Mass. The church leaders this week issued a letter canceling a special dispensation that allowed people to skip Masses on Saturdays, Sundays, and on Holy Days of Obligation due to the coronavirus pandemic. The return to regular attendance goes into effect the weekend of June 5-6. In the letter, the bishops said people who have serious health concerns still are permitted to stay home, but noted that broadcasts of Masses are not substitutes for in-person worship for others. Instead, they are intended for the sick, home-bound, the imprisoned, etc., who are unable to attend Mass in person, they wrote. ....
Three reproductive rights activists who were charged last month for their actions during a January protest at the Respect Life Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral Downtown were arraigned on Friday. The misdemeanor charges filed Feb. 18 in Franklin County Municipal Court against Jordyn Close, 24; Michelle M. Davis, 39; and Mason Hickman, 24 include disorderly conduct and criminal trespass. All pleaded not guilty on Friday morning and are scheduled for pretrial hearings in March and April. Anne Morrice, 35, who faces these misdemeanors. as well as a charge for criminal damage, will be arraigned on March 19. The four charged were part of a group of eight activists who stormed into the cathedral during its morning Mass on Jan. 22. At the time, no arrests were made, said George Jones, spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus. ....
that will be broadcast on television, radio and social media from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday. One of the reasons is to highlight and honor the approximately 7,500 Latino Catholics in the diocese, said Columbus Bishop Robert Brennan. “We cannot overstate the importance of the Latino presence in the church and what they have to offer, what they have to give to enrich the broader church,” said Father David Schalk, pastor at Christ the King Catholic Church, a parish that hosts two Spanish Masses because of its large Latino population and has held an elaborate Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration in the past. ....