Filipino bishop rips blanket restriction on church gatherings (Vatican News)

Bishop Broderick Pabillo, the apostolic administrator of Manila, said that new emergency rules restricting religious gatherings to five people are “laughable.” He pointed out first that other institutions—such as stores and factories—did not work under similar restrictions. Second, he remarked, “There are many churches with different sizes,” and a “one-size-fits-all directive is really unreasonable.”