TACLOBAN CITY —- Amid strict restrictions imposed by the government due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), about 1,000 people gathered at a shrine on Limasawa Island in Southern Leyte on March 31 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the First Easter Mass in the country.
Pope Francis’ representative, Bishop Charles John Brown, was unable to attend the ceremony due to travel restrictions by the Department of Foreign Affairs for dignitaries.
Brown, however, sent his message to the people of Limasawa and the rest of the Filipinos during the quincentennial celebration of the First Easter Mass that took place on March 31, 1521.
“Five hundred years after the first Mass was o…
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