"No handshakes: Viral outbreak spooks Asian places of worship...After consulting health experts, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines announced steps late last month to fight the virus. Churchgoers were advised to avoid hand contact and receive the Eucharistic host, the consecrated bread that Catholics believe to be the body of Jesus Christ, in the hand instead of the mouth "
THOUGHTS , PRAYERS, & ACTION re PAST & PRESENT DISASTER AREAS, MOSTLY IN AMERICA, & A FEW WORLDWIDE