Duterte to Catholic Church: Forgo mass gatherings

AMID the continuing spike of coronavirus infections in the country and in reiteration of health and safety protocols which include barring mass gatherings, President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to the Catholic Church to forgo any public celebrations.

This includes the Traslacion, or the Feast of the Black Nazarene, which annually draws hundreds of thousands, if not millions, Forgo mass gatherings of devotees to the streets of Manila.