Archbishop Hebda: A Reflection of One Year Into the Pandemic

15/03/2021 17 min

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Episode Synopsis

Archbishop Bernard Hebda sits down with Maria Wiering, editor-in-Chief of The Catholic Spirit, to look back at how and why difficult decisions were made this past year due to COVID-19.

In this interview, Archbishop Hebda describes the weighty decision to suspend public Masses in March 2020, and his concerns about how that decision – and the ongoing dispensation – might impact the souls of the faithful he shepherds. The Archbishop also reveals the decision-making process for discerning when to, at some point, reinstate the Sunday obligation.

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