CHURCH CALLS FOR EQUALITY

A Catholic archbishop has accused an Australian state government of inequitable pandemic rules by allowing up to 50 people into pubs while limiting church congregations to 10. Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher on Thursday encouraged Catholics to sign a petition calling on the New South Wales
government to treat churches the same as pubs, restaurants and cafes.
New pandemic restrictions that take effect on June 1 increase the number of customers that such commercial premises can hold from10 to 50. “We do not consider church attendance to be nonessential; indeed, nothing is more essential than the practice of our faith,” the petition said.