Tag: Coronavirus
SPOTLIGHT: Filipino priest brings Eucharist to faithful on a pick-up truck
Mass celebrations go mobile after gov't implemented a lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic
Calls to suicide helpline show Thais’ stress in downturn
Health experts say suicides often fall during a crisis, only to rise afterwards
SPOTLIGHT: Pandemic worsens situation of young mothers in conflict areas
It would have been easier for Lady (not her real name) to make it through the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic if she...
Filipino Archbishop Auza delivers pope’s donations to Madrid hospital
Filipino Archbishop Bernardito Auza, apostolic nuncio to Spain, delivered three respirators and other medical supplies donated by Pope Francis to a hospital in Madrid.
According...
Manila bishop calls for opening of churches despite lockdown
A Catholic prelate said the opening of churches and religious services should be considered by decision makers as among the essential services that can...
Radio Veritas Asia connects Chinese Catholics to Manila’s poor amid pandemic
A church-run radio network was able to link Catholics in China with urban poor communities in the Philippines despite the global health crisis brought...
Generals in Duterte’s Cabinet face hard lessons amid COVID-19 lockdown
While nobody questions the generals’ personal integrity, their policies display lack of consensus-building skills and a narrow preference for ‘order’ over empathy
Philippines’ COVID-19 mass testing highlights effects of slow govt action
Health officials have ordered a stop to
the testing of people for COVID-19 in a village in the central Philippines
after learning that at least 54...
In Modi’s India, virus fallout inflames divisions between Muslims and Hindus
Many Muslims feel unfairly blamed for spreading COVID-19
India charges Muslim leader with culpable homicide for coronavirus surge
Some have cautioned against fanning communal tension by laying the blame for the spread of the coronavirus on Muslim group
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