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St. Bridget's church in Glasgow, Scotland (ANSA) CHURCH Coronavirus catholic church mass Churches in Scotland reopen for communal worship on 15 July Scottish Catholics will be able to return to Church for Masses from 15 July following further relaxations of restrictions imposed due to the Covid-19 crisis. By Vatican News The Catholic Bishops of Scotland have welcomed a recent announcement by the government permitting the resumption of communal worship in churches beginning on Wednesday. On 9 July, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the country’s transition to phase three of its plans to relax restrictions imposed due to the Covid-19 crisis. Churches in Scotland had already partially reopened in mid-June for private prayers, as part of the second phase of its relaxation of restrictions. However, communal worship remained banned. Commenting on the latest move, the President of the Scottish Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Hugh Gilbert said, “over the past month, our p..https://www.vaticannews.va/etc/designs/vatican-news/release/library/main/images/vatican-news-header-white.png