Bangladesh's most popular Catholic pilgrimage hangs in balance
By Stephan Uttom Rozario Uncertainty has gripped Bangladesh’s most popular Catholic pilgrimage as church leaders hesitate to hold the annual feast of St. Anthony of Padua amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The St. Anthony of Padua shrine in Panjora village of Gazipur district in the Archdiocese of Dhaka holds the pilgrimage in the first week of February each year, attracting up to 50,000 people in the largest annual Christian gathering in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. The feast of the miraculous Portuguese saint falls on June 13 but in Panjora it is celebrated during February’s favorable weath...
Source: heraldmalaysia.com