“We believe it is our responsibility to protect the health of our parishioners, while protecting their essential and religious right to attend mass,” said Tracey Kincaid, spokeswoman for the Catholic Diocese of Orange County, which represents 1.3 million Catholics.
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“Given the increase in Covid-19 cases in the State of California and Orange County and for the common good, the Diocese of Orange will advise our parishes to suspend indoor services until further notice,” he told Univision News .
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“However, we encourage our parishes to offer open-air Masses with proper security protocols. and to continue broadcasting live services to the faithful. ”
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Pastor Walter Contreras, vice president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NALEC), He expressed that “people have not wanted to obey the order to wear a mask, and they do not understand that there is time for everything; a time to be silent and a time to scream; time to live and time to die and whoever acts like this, irresponsibly, is because he was never a true Christian ”.
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“Our biggest responsibility is to take care of our people, but there are some who want to lead the church in an institutionalized way and privatize it as if we were the executive directors of a company,” he added. “Faith is not enclosed in four walls.”
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Among the counties with the largest geographic area and population density that are included in the closing order are: Contra Costa, Fresno, Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, San Diego, Riverside, Tulare and Ventura.
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