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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Pope marks ‘Easter of solitude’ in COVID-19 lockdown
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis prayed for tens of thousands of COVID-19 victims in an unprecedented livestream Easter Sunday (Apr 12) message delivered from a hauntingly empty Vatican to a world under lockdown. The 83-year-old pontiff spoke softly at a ceremony attended by just a handful of priests and a small choir that was spaced out
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
With over 21,300 virus deaths, US spends Easter Sunday on lockdown
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REUTERS: Americans spent Sunday on lockdown as the US toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic surpassed 21,300 deaths and more than half a million confirmed cases over the Easter weekend. With almost all the country under stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of the disease, many turned to online church services to mark the holiest day
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
Sri Lanka Catholic church forgives 2019 Easter suicide bombers
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church said Sunday (Apr 12) it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that killed at least 279 people last Easter. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told an Easter mass – broadcast from a TV studio because of the coronavirus pandemic – that “we offered love to the enemies who tried to
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
COVID-19 deaths exceed 100,000 globally ahead of locked-down Easter
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ROME: The global coronavirus death toll topped 100,000 on Friday (Apr 10) as Easter celebrations around the world kicked off in near-empty churches with billions of people stuck indoors to halt the pandemic’s deadly march. The grim milestone came as the World Health Organization issued a dire warning that prematurely lifting lockdown restrictions – which have kept
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
New Zealand PM cautiously optimistic about COVID-19, urges Easter ‘staycation’
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SYDNEY: New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said on Wednesday (Apr 8) she was cautiously optimistic about slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus as authorities reported the lowest number of new daily cases in two weeks. New Zealand reported 50 new cases on Wednesday from 54 on Tuesday and 67 on Monday, bringing its
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
COVID-19: Holy Land custodian urges Israel to let Christian clerics celebrate Easter at Jesus’ tomb
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JERUSALEM: Easter celebrations should be permitted inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, even if only by a small number of clerics abiding by anti-coronavirus guidelines, a senior clergyman said on Wednesday (Apr 1). Reverend Francesco Patton, a Franciscan friar who is the custos of the Holy Land for the Roman Catholic church,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Christians in Malaysia to celebrate Easter online amid extended COVID-19 movement curbs
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KUALA LUMPUR: Churches in Malaysia will hold Easter celebrations online as the movement control order prohibiting mass gatherings will remain in place until on Apr 14, which is after Holy Week. Easter Sunday on Apr 12 marks the end of a week-long observance for Christians which also includes Good Friday. Advertisement Advertisement Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has announced that the government has banned all gatherings, including
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Italy to extend coronavirus lockdown until Easter as new cases fall
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ROME: Italy’s government on Monday (Mar 30) said it would extend its nationwide lockdown measures against a coronavirus outbreak, due to end on Friday, at least until the Easter season in April, as the number of new infections declines. “The evaluation was to extend all containment measures at least until Easter. The government will move
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 26, 2020
Trump wants to see America get back to business by Easter
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump wants America to get back to business by Easter, suggesting some efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus outbreak will no longer be needed by then, but Corporate America is taking its lead from health professionals. The president, who is concerned about the economic repercussions of an extended shutdown of nonessential
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 15, 2020
Vatican cancels public participation at pope’s Easter events due to COVID-19
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis’ Holy Week and Easter services, which normally draw tens of thousands of people, will be held without the public attending because of the coronavirus outbreak, a step believed to be unprecedented in modern times. It was not clear how the massive events will be scaled down but sources said officials were
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