The Archbishop of Olomouc (Czech Republic), Mons. Josef Nuzík, has been forced to temporarily suspend the obligation to participate in the Sunday Mass due to the shortage priests.
“Due to the shortage of priests, I beg you if on Sunday there is no mass in their parish, they celebrate the Sunday Mass in a neighboring parish or attend a service of the word led by a deacon. It is also possible to take advantage of the Mass on Saturday afternoon,” said Mons. Nuzík in a carta That was read in all the parishes of the Archdiocese on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at the end of the masses.
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“In the event that this is not possible for serious reasons (for example, impossibility of traveling), I give you permission to replace participation to Sunday mass for personal or community prayer with a family (half an hour) or to listen to the Mass on the radio or watch it on television or online,” said the Czech Archbishop.
The new guidelines entered into force on July 1. In any case, the dispensation is transitory and will be active over the next six months, until December 31, 2025.
The Vatican has not made public any decision that explicitly approves this measure in advance. However, Archbishop Josef Nuzík acted within the provisions of canon law, specifically in fee 1248 §2.
The norm contemplates that, when the sacred minister is missing or there are serious causes that prevent participation in the Eucharistic celebration, the faithful can fulfill the Sunday precept participating in a liturgy of the word or remaining in prayer for an adequate time, either personally, in family or in community.
According Your websitethe archdiocese of Olomouc was erected in 1063, in a region evangelized by San Methodium, brother of San Cirilo today, the territory of the archdiocese It is inhabited For about 1.4 million people, of which around 41% are Catholics. His Annual 2022 Report It indicates that some 78,000 faithful regularly attended Sunday mass. Until that year, in the archdiocese there were 326 priests.
Mons. Nuzík, who will turn 59 on July 25, assumed the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Olomouc on April 13, 2024.
Victoria Cardiel
Victoria Cardiel is a journalist specialized in social and religious information issues. Since 2013, he has covered all the news of the Vatican for various media, such as the Spanish news agency Europa Press, or the weekly of the Archdiocese of Madrid, Alfa and Omega.
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