The commemoration of the deceased victims of COVID-19 held by the HCM City Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics on November 19. (Photo: VNA)The event, held at Nhan HoaChurch in Tan Phu district, also saw the presence of President of the municipalVietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee To Thi Bich Chau and other officialsof HCM City.
Chairing the ceremony, PriestVu Dinh Thai, head of the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics inTan Phu district, said the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on property,claimed lives, and affected the mental and physical health of many people.
In their daily rituals,Catholics always say prayers for those who have died of COVID-19, regardless oftheir religions. Many parishes across the city have also organised requiems forthe deceased, prayed for good health and comforted the bereaved families.
The commemoration and requiemis also an occasion for people to pay tribute to frontliners who have devotedthemselves, even their lives, to saving people in the pandemic, Thai noted.
In response to a ceremony heldby the Central VFF Committee and the HCM City Party Committee in commemorationof the people and frontliners who lost their lives in the COVID-19 pandemic,all churches and chapels in the Archdiocese of HCM City will ring their bellsin five minutes, at 8:30pm on November 19, to say prayers for the deceased’ssouls./.
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