Maseru, 20 June, 2020 / 6:05 pm (ACI Africa).
Six weeks after the government of Lesotho lifted the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, Catholic Bishops in the landlocked Southern Africa nation have issued guidelines for the reopening of churches starting July 5.
In their Wednesday, June 17 collective statement, the Bishops have directed Priests in the country to meet with their parish committees by June 21 and put in place COVID-19 hygiene protocols in readiness for the resumption of public Mass.
The Priests are to have in place flowing water, face masks, sanitizers, thermometers, and register books in which contact information of all congregants will be recorded, the Bishops have directed.
The Priests are to also schedule Sunday Mass while observing a maximum number of 50 faithful as directed by the government.
“The service will take an hour, not more,” the members of Lesotho Catholic Bishops’ Conference (LCBC) say in the two-page statement obtained by ACI Africa.