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Filipino Catholics urged to join Thursday's 'Worldwide Rosary' for COVID-19 healing

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<p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> - Filipino Catholics are called to join Pope Francis in praying the Holy Rosary on Thursday evening for healing and protection against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/themanilacathedral/photos/a.1688013581476930/2679110162367262/?type=3&amp;theater" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The Manila Cathedral said it will go live on its Facebook account for the &quot;Worldwide Rosary&quot; at 9 p.m. Thursday during which Pope Francis is joining the whole of Italy for the said prayer.</p><p>The call to pray the Rosary was initially made by Italian bishops due to the pandemic that has infected over 35,000 and led to the death of 2,978 people in Italy as of Wednesday.<br/> <br/>Their appeal was endorsed by Pope Francis and has since been made a global call.</p><p>Heeding the &quot;global call to all countries to do likewise,&quot; the Manila Cathedral said it is taking part in the &quot;nonstop chain of prayer... to ask Mary, Health of Sick, under the loving gaze of St. Joseph, protector of the Holy Family and our families, to bring us to the luminous Face and Heart of Jesus Christ.&quot;</p><p>&quot;The idea is to have a nonstop chain of prayer, so at 9 p.m. in every time zone, the Rosary will be prayed,&quot; it said.</p><p>The Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral in the central Philippines is also joining the religious activity.</p><p>The Philippines, which is a predominantly Catholic nation, has 217 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 17 deaths and 8 patients who recovered, as of Thursday.</p><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 191,127 confirmed coronavirus infections and 7,807 deaths in its latest tally.</p><p>&quot;Don&#x27;t forget to ready your altar and rosaries, and together as one family at home, we pray for healing and protection for the world,&quot; the Manila Cathedral said.</p>

<p>Filipino Catholics are called to join Pope Francis in praying the Holy Rosary on Thursday evening for healing and protection against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).</p>

Filipino Catholics are called to join Pope Francis in praying the Holy Rosary on Thursday evening for healing and protection against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).