FEEDING ONE’S SOUL Devotees hear the Sunday Mass outside the gates of the Baclaran Church on Aug. 1, 2021. Religious venues were allowed to open at 30 percent capacity to curb the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA
ALL dioceses in Metro Manila have stopped holding public Masses because of the government's decision to place the National Capital Region under enhanced community quarantine from August 6 to 20.