Catholics in the Philippines placed their religious statues and figurines in the church seats as their "representative" while mass gatherings are not yet allowed in the country.<br /><br />In the video recorded on June 20, the wooden figures fill the seats of the with at least one metre apart distance from each other, in line with Covid-19 rules.<br /><br />Father RR Ocampo, parish priest at the St Joseph, Husband of Mary Parish church in Nueva Ecija province, said: "I want to be creative in the way that parishioners will have a good feeling when they enter the church."<br /><br />The province remains under General Community Quarantine which discourages mass gatherings including religious activities, but may conduct small meetings of up to 10 people only.
