The author of the following essay wishes to remain anonymous.
Should Sacred Ministers Mask? Observations and Analysis from a Woman in the Pews
In almost every Catholic church around the world, one can now find priests wearing masks. Most priests who offer the Traditional Latin Mass have adopted the mask only very reluctantly. Something within them protests against masking during liturgies, but then they dismiss this as imprudence, or aestheticism, or misguided zeal. They conclude that they must “mask up” and bear this cross for the good of their flock.
Ought they, though? Does this really help the flock?
