As COVID-19 deaths mount in El Paso, the pandemic is robbing some mourners of traditional funerals
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EL PASO – When Cindy Colorado’s mother-in-law died from COVID-19 on Dec. 1 – becoming one of more than 1,300 El Pasoans who have succumbed to the virus in this border town – the family hoped to give her a traditional Catholic funeral. We d like at least some time of blessing, if it can be done, Colorado said before she met with the funeral director. If not, I understand because of what [El Paso] is going through, and I understand what [the church] is going through as well.
title= 2020-12-14 06:00 >Dec. 14, 2020
EL PASO – When Cindy Colorado’s mother-in-law died from COVID-19 on Dec. 1 – becoming one of more than 1,300 El Pasoans who have succumbed to the virus in this border town – the family hoped to give her a traditional Catholic funeral. We d like at least some time of blessing, if it can be done, Colorado said before she met with the funeral director. If not, I understand because of what [El Paso] is going through, and I understand what [the church] is going through as well.
She learned that the church could have someone pray the rosary at the funeral home, but the funeral home won t allow more than 25 people to attend a service – and no one under 13. They wouldn t be allowed to touch the casket or the body.
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