By Katharina R. Lestari
Catholic and Protestant leaders in Indonesia have called on Christians not to lose hope almost a year after the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in the country.
Indonesia has been hit hard by the pandemic since early March last year. Ten months on, the country had recorded 772,103 Covid-19 cases and 22,734 deaths.
“We just said goodbye to 2020 which was full of challenges. It was a tough year because the Covid-19 pandemic left us suffering and sorrowful,” Reverend Gomar Gultom, chairman of the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI), said in a statement.
“The Covid-19 pandemic continues to haunt us, but we must not be pessimistic. Instead, we must see this situation as the right moment to spread love. With this spirit, we must maintain hope so that the Covid-19 pandemic will not lead us into despair.