25 Years Later, St. John Paul II’s Effort to Keep Sundays Holy Is Even More Timely

25 Years Later, St. John Paul II’s Effort to Keep Sundays Holy Is Even More Timely



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Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass in 1994.

COMMENTARY: The COVID-19 pandemic has weakened already-poor Sunday Mass attendance, and commercial and recreational activities have conspired for decades to wrest Sunday away from the Lord.