MANILA (REUTERS) - Some Catholic penitents flagellated themselves and prayed outside closed churches in the Philippines to commemorate the death of Jesus on Good Friday (April 10), despite strict government orders for people to stay indoors to contain the coronavirus.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MANILA - Some Catholic penitents flagellated themselves and prayed outside closed churches in the Philippines to commemorate the death of Jesus on Good Friday , despite strict government orders for people to stay indoors to contain the coronavirus.
"We are here because we want the spread of Covid-19 to end and we pray that things in our country will go back to normal,"said Edward Degusano, who joined a self-flagellation ritual outside a church in Manila.
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