Covid-19 Sydney - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:54:51 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Covid-19 Sydney - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Sydney restrictions: Religious services wait until all can attend https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/10/14/sydney-restrictions-religious-services-wait-until-all-can-attend/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:51:28 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=141449 Most religious services in Sydney will remain online-only for another two weeks as faith leaders grapple with the state's public health orders regarding coronavirus that exclude unvaccinated people. Churches, mosques and synagogues can now open and hold services under the NSW road map out of lockdown, but only those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are meant Read more

Sydney restrictions: Religious services wait until all can attend... Read more]]> Most religious services in Sydney will remain online-only for another two weeks as faith leaders grapple with the state's public health orders regarding coronavirus that exclude unvaccinated people.

Churches, mosques and synagogues can now open and hold services under the NSW road map out of lockdown, but only those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are meant to attend. Once the 80 per cent Sydney target is reached - likely by October 18 or 25 - then anyone can attend places of worship regardless of their choice to have a vaccine.

Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Kanishka Raffel said the majority of the city's 400 churches would wait until then to reopen.

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