After more than two months, mosques in Saudi Arabia opened its doors for the first time this week following the decision of authorities to ease lockdown restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Anant Ram, a 52-year-old visually impaired man living in New Delhi, had about a week’s worth of supplies when the lockdown was put in place across India to suppress the new coronavirus on March 24.
The Global Catholic Climate Movement in Myanmar facilitated its first online "eco-reflections" from May 17 to 23 to mark the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato si'.
A group of young Christians have volunteered to care for COVID-19 patients in the Central Institute of Civil Service in Phaung Gyi, Hlegu Township, Yangon Division, some 50 miles from Yangon.
The Karuna Mission Social Solidarity of the Diocese of Pathein in Myanmar has distributed medical equipment and supplies to the town's health departments, quarantine centers and villages from May 14 to 22.
The COVID-19 pandemic, like many catastrophic infectious disease spreads the world has faced, could have been avoided if we treated our forests differently.
Illness and death, anguish and anger are not the only legacies of the novel coronavirus contagion in the Philippines.
Lapsed Catholics riding out the pandemic in their homes have found renewed faith and are fueling a resurgence in “communion of souls,” said Bishop Gerardo Alminaza.
The coronavirus emergency is also causing a food-related crisis, Vatican officials said Saturday, encouraging people to do their small part to help those who are going hungry.
A group of Christians in the village of Tungjoy in Senapati district (Manipur) built 80 bamboo huts to serve as a quarantine area for people infected with the new coronavirus disease.
Young men in the town of Three Pagoda Pass in the Thai-Myanmar border have volunteered to help in efforts to ensure the safety of returning migrant workers during the pandemic.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called on all people of faith to pray for humanity as part of efforts to ease the struggle against COVID-19 and join a global spiritual movement.
A Catholic priest working as a chaplain in a home for the elderly has found ways to minister to a mixed population in addition to celebrating Mass, bringing Communion to the sick, and hearing confessions.
A church-based choir in the central Philippines has released an online cover version of a church classic to remind people to remain calm amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A diocese in the central Philippines has resumed holding public Masses on Sunday, April 25, after the city government of Borongan in Eastern Samar province lifted prohibitions on religious gathering.
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Catholic Church of India has been doing its part in cooperation with authorities to help curb the spread of the virus and reach out to the poor and needy.
