Indian Church extends hand to ease pandemic crisis
Cardinal Oswald Gracias explains how the Church s social arm and its healthcare sector are responding to the critical emergency of the nation under massive waves of Covid-19 cases and deaths.
By Robin Gomes
The Catholic Church of India has made available some 60,000 beds of its healthcare facilities in the country’s battle against the devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. More than 50,000 nuns normally work at these facilities, a thousand of whom are qualified doctors, said Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). “Faced with the catastrophe, India’s Catholic Church is doing its utmost to help all those suffering, irrespective of caste or creed,” he told AsiaNews.
.Relatives of a person who died after contracting COVID-19 mourn over the casket before the burial at a graveyard in New Delhi April 29, 2021. (CNS photo/Adnan Abidi, Reuters) .People lower the body of a man who died of COVID-19 into a grave at a cemetery in Ahmedabad, India, May 3, 2021. (CNS photo/Amit Dave, Reuters) .A statue of Christ is pictured over the casket of a person who died after contracting COVID-19 before the burial at a graveyard in New Delhi April 29, 2021. (CNS photo/Adnan Abidi, Reuters)
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THRISSUR, India (CNS) Amid thousands dying daily of COVID-19, even in rural areas of India, the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on church leaders.
Indian bishop dies after Covid-19 treatment
Bishop Basil Bhuriya of Jhabua was known for promoting tribal culture and lifestyle
Updated: May 07, 2021 12:49 PM GMT
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Bishop Basil Bhuriya hailed from the local Bhil tribal community. (Photo supplied)
A Catholic bishop in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state died of a heart attack on May 6 after being treated for Covid-19.
The body of Divine Word Bishop Basil Bhuriya of Jhabua was buried on May 7 in the cemetery of his religious society in Indore town. He was 65.
Bishop Bhuriya was admitted to St. Francis Hospital in Indore on April 5 after he tested positive for Covid-19. When his condition deteriorated with breathlessness, he was moved to a private hospital for better treatment.
ASIA/INDIA - Christians observe a special National Day of fasting and prayer for the nation affected by the pandemic INDIA 2021-05-07
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - While the Catholic Church in India loses another Bishop due to Covid-19, recording the death of 65-year-old Mgr. Basil Bhuriya Bishop of Jabhua, in Madhya Pradesh (after the death of Antony Anandarayar, Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry-Cuddalore), Christians in India observe today, May 7, a special National Day of Fasting and Prayer to ask God for an end to the pandemic. The devastating second wave of the pandemic has greatly altered everyone s life, with millions of people struggling under the weight of a severe health and financial crisis. At this time of global pandemic, we urge Christians across the country to unite as one family to pray for a world free from Covid , reads the note released by Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, and President of the Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), a
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