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Perhaps for the first time in history, church doors remained closed globally to the faithful during this year’s Easter triduum due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A group of nuns in Bangladesh has been praying non-stop round the clock for a stop to the spread of the new coronavirus disease.

Let us say with hope and proclaim from the roof tops: “Alleluia – Jesus is really Risen!”

Listeners of the Mandarin Service of Radio Veritas Asia have sent donations for poor families affected by the new coronavirus pandemic in the Philippines.

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

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Pope Francis cited priests who have been working in the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic, especially those who offered their lives with health workers, as “saints next door” during the Holy Thursday celebration in the Vatican.

Homeless people and urban poor dwellers joined the ritual washing of the feet on Holy Thursday in the Philippine capital Manila amid a lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis has urged the faithful to celebrate “domestic liturgy” with the crucifix and the Bible during the observance of the Easter Triduum.

Pope Francis has set up a new commission to study the diaconate for women, the Vatican announced on April 8.

A missionary priest from Bangladesh who has been working as a missionary in Santiago, Chile, has recovered from the new coronavirus disease.

We at Radio Veritas Asia express our profound gratitude and caring support to all the front-liners in our communal battle against the dreaded COVID 19.

Pope Francis has announced the establishment of an emergency fund to help communities in mission territories that are most affected by the new coronavirus pandemic.

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh has released its guidelines for the clergy and the faithful on the observance of Holy Week liturgies and rituals amid the new coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis has urged young Catholics to be witnesses to hope, generosity, and solidarity, which the pontiff said, all are “in need in this difficult moment.”

The Diocese of Pathein in Myanmar has formed a COVID-19 response team during a meeting at the St. Peter’s compound of Pathein in Ayeyarwady Region on April 4.

Pope Francis called for courage and hope as he led a livestream celebration of Palm Sunday in the nearly empty St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on April 5.

The Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC) has announced that it will postpone its general conference set in November this year at Baan Phu Waan, Thailand, to a later date due to the new coronavirus pandemic.

The Vatican has approved two new liturgical texts to be used during the coronavirus pandemic and during the Good Friday liturgy this year.

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon has demanded an apology from the government of China “for the destruction it has caused” due to the spread of the new coronavirus disease.