Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with faithful sitting far apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday conditioned by
Millions of Christians celebrated a second Easter across the world amid coronavirus precautions. On this occasion, Pope Francis called for vaccines to be shared among the poorest nations as the world reported surge in coronavirus cases. "I urge the entire international community. to commit to overcoming delays in the distribution of vaccines and to facilitate their distribution, especially in the poorest countries," he said to a congregation of only around 100 people inside the vast St. Peter s Basilica. People were seen sitting far apart in pews and singing choruses of "Hallelujah" through face covering in churches. In Jerusalem, the Easter service at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher was celebrated by Latin Patriarch Pierbattista, the senior Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land. The site in Jerusalem s Old City is where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead. In South Korea, only 2,000 faithful were allowed to attend Easter ser