Parishes are free to set Mass restrictions

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor issued the following statement, July 26, 2021, to the people of the Diocese of Little Rock about restrictions at Masses in light of the surge in COVID-19 infections in Arkansas. He issued a similar statement on July 9. “I have recently been asked whether the Diocese of Little Rock should re-impose restrictions such as mandatory mask-wearing, physical distancing and disinfection of surfaces in response to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Arkansas, 85 percent of which involve the highly infectious delta variant. "It has been suggested that since only 40 percent More

Bishop addresses limits to Latin Mass

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor issued the following statement, July 16, 2021, to the people of the Diocese of Little Rock in response to Pope Francis' new apostolic letter "Traditionis Custodes" (Guardians of the Tradition). “In view of the publication today of the apostolic letter 'Traditionis Custodes' issued by Pope Francis in which he revokes, effective immediately, permissions regarding the use of the Roman liturgy in place prior to the reform of 1970 — the 'Vetus Ordo' Mass (i.e., the traditional Latin Mass, hereafter called the Latin Mass) granted by Pope Benedict XVI in his apostolic letter More

Bishop comments on the delta variant

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor issued the following statement, July 9, 2021, to the people of the Diocese of Little Rock regarding the spike in COVID-19 infections and the presence of the delta variant in Arkansas. "With the spike in COVID infections and the presence of the delta variant in Arkansas, a question has arisen whether we should re-impose restrictions to protect those who have not been vaccinated. The answer is generally NO, though the principle of subsidiarity would allow for this in isolated instances. The reason not to re-impose restrictions is that the vaccine is universally More