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(Photo courtesy of Arnold Janssen Kalinga Foundation) MANILA - A shelter run by the Catholic Church has reopened to help homeless persons after being closed for two years due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Rev. Fr. Flavie Villanueva, founder of the Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center (AJKC) located in Tayuman, Manila, said the center reopened on July 16, in commemoration of its seventh anniversary. He said the mission of the AJKC is to provide the homeless with free food and the opportunity to bathe and cleanse their bodies. However, the center was locked down by police and village officials "on the first day of the Covid-19 lockdown," he said in an interview over Church-run Radio Veritas on Tuesday. The Catholic priest added that the purpose of reopening the facility is to spread the message that charity and sharing grace with others have no time or boundaries like a pandemic. At the same time, he said the AJKC will continue to comply with the minimum safety