Paco Church in Manila went viral overnight for capturing Tuesday night's mood in a public service announcement, one that's related to a last-minute announcement by the government on Metro Manila's shift to a looser quarantine.
Because of the "ever-changing (pabago-bago)" decisions of the government, the September 8 high mass will be celebrated virtually. In-person masses will resume once the Inter-Agency task Force on COVID-19 makes up its mind, it said in Filipino.
Twelve hours after the card was posted, it got 16,000 reactions of which 13,000 are "haha." As of writing, it got roughly 9,700 shares and over a thousand comments.
There were similar posts from at least two other churches, who advised parishioners that masses will stay virtual for the meantime.
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Metro Manila was supposed to shift to general community quarantine with provisions for granular lockdowns from Wednesday, the IATF said on September 6. But on the night of September 7, it took back its decision, citing the lack of rules for the localized quarantines.
September 8 is the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, which is widely observed by Filipino Catholics who frequently seek the intercession of the mother of Jesus Christ.
In-person masses are banned under modified enhanced community quarantine, the second highest quarantine. It is allowed at 10% capacity under general community quarantine (GCQ) with granular lockdowns. GCQ with granular lockdowns is different from plain GCQ because it allows stricter quarantines on the street and barangay levels that have high COVID case numbers.
The Philippines' Mother Church, the Manila Cathedral, also shifted to virtual masses Wednesday. In his homily, Father Reginald Malicdem, the church rector, likened how nearly two years of quarantines would feel like the country was in darkness, made worse by "incompetent indecisive and corrupt leaders". He urged the faithful to pray to the Blessed Virgin.
On the night of September 7, Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto told his constitutents that city authorities have not been furnished enough details on the IATF's change of mind. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno posted in all caps: "HINDI TULOY."
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Elsewhere on social media, food and beverage businessmen posted about scuttled plans to reopen dine-in services on Wednesday. A shift to GCQ with granular lockdowns would have allowed 20% indoor dining and a higher capacity for outdoor dining.
Restaurants have been closed for diners (take-out and delivery are allowed) while religious gatherings are mostly virtual for over a month. The MECQ started in early August to stop the spread of the Delta variant.
Due to Delta, the Philippines notched record daily case loads while the cumulative total since the start of the pandemic breached two million.
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