The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines calls on parish churches to ring their bells on Holy Wednesday in solidarity with an interfaith prayer against the COVID-19 pandemic.
CBCP President Archbishop Romulo Valles said that the simultaneous ringing of bells at 3 p.m. is “to signal the start of a televised interfaith prayer” organized by the government.
The prayer activity is an initiative organized by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. “The AFP chaplains will assist to invoke the mighty help of God as we plead Him to heal those affected by Covid-19 and to spare us from this present pandemic,” Florencio said.
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