The leader of the Dubuque Catholic Diocese says churches will be allowed to hold religious services once again on the last weekend of this month. Archbishop Michael Jackels  announced his decision in a video and says it is based on the coronavirus trends for northeast Iowa.

He asks the priests in the Archdiocese to not to start before the May 30th reopening date. And he also asks parishioners to understand if a priest decides that it isn’t prudent to reopen on account of his own compromised health situation, or because the coronavirus is still raging in the area.

The Bishop of the Des Moines Catholic Diocese is allowing services to resume Monday through Saturday in 15 of the counties in the Diocese.  The dioceses of Sioux City and Davenport haven’t yet released any plans to resume services at churches.