SW News: Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury Diocese has expressed his discontent in the British government's new COVID-19 relaxation policies, which prevents re-opening of churches before July 4. He said that the "spiritual need" of people has been reduced to the “dimension of the leisure industry” by the government. The bishop said that keeping churches closed while allowing garden centers to open is ‘regrettable.’ The British government's 50-page recovery strategy has grouped churches into a "higher risk" category along with businesses and public places such as pubs, cinemas and beauty salons. The British government has granted permission to industries, such as construction and manufacturing, and garden centers to re-open on May 13. Primary schools have also been granted permission to re-open on June 1. Bishop Davies said that “it would represent a false understanding of the human person to develop a public policy driven by the need to re-start the economy and some limited leisure and commercial facilities such as garden centers while requiring all churches to remain closed.”

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