covid 19

“In the light of rapidly increasing cases of covid-19,” Bishop of Cubao Diocese Honesto F. Ongtioco, “enjoined the priests and communities to implement the health protocols.”

A Catholic bishop in the southern Philippines announced 40 days of fasting and penitence as the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic.

Myanmar has banned travel from village to village in the country’s provinces, especially in the northern Bago and Tanintharyee Division, due to the continuing surge of COVID-19 cases.

Workers of India's tea gardens in the northeastern state of Assam, already stressed for lack of regular wages, found themselves in greater danger as an unexpected outbreak of COVID-19 infections were discovered from three tea estates in Kalain block near the Assam border with Mizoram state.

COVID-19 is on the rise in Bangladesh with the infection rate increasing from less than three percent last month to about 20 percent now.

A man living in the same Vatican residence as Pope Francis has tested positive for COVID-19 and gone into isolation, the Vatican said on Oct. 17.

There are many "saintly" people around us if we look very carefully. Some really sacrifice their lives for the good of others.

In this time of great suffering some people know they are called by professional, religious or personal vocation to put their lives at risk for others.

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