cardinal vincent nichols and archbishop malcolm mcmahon have issued a statement, calling into questionts of worship were a "common good" for all. places of worship also closed during the first lockdown and they are currently closed in wales during that nation's so—called "firebreak". our correspondent, john mcmanus, is with me. ifind your name i find your name easier to say correctly there! mcmahon. my apologies to the archbishop for that. what lies behind this statement now? because in a sense, places of worship have already established through the experience of that last lockdown what the rules are. why are they kicking against at this time, what they think is different? it was controversial last time, but churchmen and church women mostly held their peace about it and decided to go along with it, they thought that was the best thing to do. this time around an england church buildings will be accessible to people who want to go in and pray privately, but there will be no communal worship services and, as you say, the leader of the catholic church in england wales, cardinal vincent ni

cardinal vincent nichols and archbishop malcolm mcmahon have issued a statement calling into questioning communal acts of worship were a "common good" for all. our correspondentjohn mcmanus is with me. what more do we know about the representations to government? they have been very quick on the mark. during the last lockdown, people of faith were unhappy but criticism was muted. this time round, it's a statement from the most senior catholic in britain came out pretty early in the morning. i suspect that he and his colleagues have thought very clearly about what they would say if there were another lockdown which affected churches. the criticism is quite strong. he said, we asked the government to produce evidence that justifies this cessation of acts of public worship. he said they are not aware of any information that suggests that this. the spread of cover 19. the archbishop of leeds has written to the prime minister and asked him to change his mind on this measure. the muslim council of britain have also released a statement saying they are disappointed that the pm has not mentio

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