The Tablet
April 28, 2021
A woman who had been waiting overnight for her turn to get an oxygen cylinder refilled for her mother reacts after she was informed about her mother’s death in New Delhi April 28, 2021. (Photo: CNS/Adnan Abidi, Reuters)
NEW DELHI (CNS) — As COVID-19 continues to claim thousands of lives daily in India, some Catholic leaders have called on the federal government to deploy the military to deal with the crisis before it worsens.
“The second wave of COVID-19 is surely a national calamity, and the entire nation is struggling as thousands are dying and hundreds of thousands are getting infected daily,” said Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas of Ranchi, former secretary-general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India.