Dear All

On the basis of a recommendation from the Epidemic Commission, the Government has decided that the categorization of COVID-19 as a socially critical disease will be lifted also meaning that all current restrictions will be lifted from February 1st 2022.

Thus, from February 1st there will no longer be:

• Requirements for face masks at services, ceremonies and congregational events.

• Requirements for coronapas at services, ceremonies and congregational events.

• Requirements for information material at churches and congregational premises.

At their meeting yesterday, January 26, the clergy council discussed the last restrictions that are peculiar to the Catholic Church, namely:

• Holy water

• Greetings of peace

• Collection

• The Offertory Procession

• Communion under both kinds

The bishop will soon send a letter about these restrictions.

It is also still important to focus on spraying, cleaning, ventilation, etc.The general recommendations of the health authorities on infection control should therefore still be followed.

Jacob A. Messerschmidt

Sekretær

Den katolske Kirke i Danmark, Katolsk Bispekontor

Gammel Kongevej 15, DK-1610 København V

+45 33 55 60 80  –  +45 33 55 60 03 (dir.) – www.katolsk.dk

The latest guidelines can be found here