The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in the Indian state of Kerala establishing volunteer teams comprising priests, religious and laity willing to risk themselves so those who have died from COVID-19 can have a decent burial.
All public celebrations of religious rituals and activities will be suspended in the Archdiocese of Manila from August 3 to 14 as a response to calls made by the country’s medical professionals to implement stricter quarantine measures against the new coronavirus disease.
On this Sunday, the readings turn our attention to the problem of hunger and the miracle of the multiplication of five loaves and two fish to feed more than five thousand people.
The Catholic Diocese of Myitkyina in the northern part of Myanmar has distributed food aid to poor families and those badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic in 25 parishes.
While hand washing and social distancing have been implemented around the globe as tools to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, refugees face challenges in putting these recommendations into practice, said one relief agency worker.
Here is the story of a young boy who volunteered to work in a quarantine center the Archdiocese of Yangon in Myanmar. His name is Emmanuel David from Fatima Church.
As work continues on developing a vaccine for COVID-19, left-wing philanthropist Melinda Gates says that “black people” and “indigenous people” in America should be immunized against the virus before whites.
The Diocese of Rajshahi, through Caritas, was able to provide help to poor households in the region that are most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Archbishop Moses Costa of the Archdiocese of Chittagong tested positive for the new coronavirus disease, the first known member of the clergy in Bangladesh to be infected with the disease.
A group of Christian youth volunteers who offered their services to assist medical workers fight the coronavirus pandemic in Myanmar has completed their two-week service in Yangon's South Okklapa Hospital on June 6.
Members of the Young Women's Christian Association in Chittagong in Bangladesh were able to distribute relief goods to 506 poor families who were most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Indonesia has cancelled the hajj pilgrimage this year for people in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation due to concerns over the coronavirus, the religious affairs minister has said.
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.
