Online Visita Iglesia hits surpass 100k mark

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines' "Visita Iglesia" site breached the 100,000 mark shortly after noon of Good Friday as online church visits by Filipino Catholics continued to peak during the Holy Week. As of 12:15 p.m. Friday, the number of visitors to the CBCP's Visita Iglesia site had reached 100,011. It was more than double the 47,473 visitors who made a virtual Visita Iglesia last year. The number of visitors to the site had already reached 88,431 as of 5:10 a.m. Friday, an increase of 30,000 from Thursday morning. Last year, visits to the site peaked on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Black Saturday. So far, the site had shown no signs of slowing down or experiencing technical difficulties due to the high traffic. The CBCP launched the site last April 1 for overseas Filipino workers who could not make it home, and for Catholics who cannot physically make the church visit. This year's version features many improvements from its 2010 predecessor, including catecheses and video introductions. — LBG, GMA News