A Catholic girls’ school in Iloilo has defended its decision to make “immorality,” including homosexual acts, a basis for a expulsion, after drawing criticism on social media including from alumnae.
Restrictions on religious mass gatherings remain in place even under the less stringent community quarantines implemented throughout the country, Malacañang said Tuesday.
“Processions are means by which we bring the sacred to our streets. Processions are not displays of religious pageantry. Rather they are acts of worship and petitions for divine blessing & protection.”
Regardless of religious denominations, a Catholic parish in Muntinlupa City has so far provided more than 11,000 food packs to more than 5,000 families as aid while the entire Luzon island is under a total lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Filipinos’ “heroic sacrifice and service” as well as “simple acts of appreciation and gratitude” manifest the hope that comes with the spirit of Christ’s victory over death, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines said in his Easter message.