Catholics in San Francisco are protesting current restrictions on Mass, under the leadership of Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone, CBS reported, although parishes throughout the country are still under some limitations.

The group of several hundred individuals in San Francisco participated in three marches at the churches of St. Anthony of Padua, St. Dominic Church and St. Patrick Church, meeting with the archbishop at the City Hall. From there, they marched to the Cathedral of St. Mary the Assumption.

Currently, the city of San Francisco has a 12-person attendance limitation on outdoor Masses. 

Pennsylvania’s Catholic Churches modified their worship regulations at the end of June, allowing an increase of 50% occupancy to 75% occupancy, Catholic Philly reported. 

In an op-ed written by Cordileone in The Washington Post, he decried the city’s response to public worship amid the COVID-19 virus, calling out the inconsistencies that exist in current allowances for activities. 

“People can freely go to parks here, as long as they stay 6 feet apart. If they follow proper social distancing and wear masks, people can eat on an outdoor patio with no hard numerical limit,” Cordileone wrote. “Indoor shopping malls are already open at 25% capacity. Catholics in San Francisco are increasingly noticing the simple unfairness. As one of my parishioners asked recently, ‘Why can I spend 3 hours indoors shopping for shoes at Nordstrom’s but can’t go to Mass?’”

The Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Facebook post stated, “There is no science that says only one person should be allowed to pray in churches such as the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, which seats 2,500 people. There’s only one explanation for such a rule: a dislike of the Catholic Church.” 

Cordileone also wrote that there are similar conditions for worship limitations in California, New Jersey, Maine, Virginia, Connecticut and Nevada.