China: Easter celebrations in homes

China: Easter celebrations in homes

While Covid-19 is now raging in other parts of the world, the virus has subsided in China. In Wuhan, where it started, restrictions are very slowly being lifted. A Catholic based in the city, who has been living under lockdown since February, has written this...
Easter in Pakistan amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Easter in Pakistan amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Fr Pat Raleigh spent Easter in Pakistan. He writes from Mirpurkhas about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and reflects on Holy Saturday as a time to sit quietly with the paradoxes of life. It is Holy Saturday here in Pakistan. It is very warm. In a few hours we...
A Healthy Distance by Fr Brian Vale

A Healthy Distance by Fr Brian Vale

The Japanese Catholic community in Hong Kong celebrated the Fifth Sunday of Lent with a Eucharist by teleconference. Church gatherings had been cancelled for over two months in Hong Kong because of the coronavirus pandemic forcing a restriction on all large...