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India: more than 400 priests and nuns have died of Covid-19 At least 205 priests and 210 nuns have died of Covid-19 in India, mostly in April and May. By Robin Gomes At least 400 priests and nuns have died in India due to Covid-19, the bulk of them in the height of the devastating second wave of infections in the country in April and May. The grim figure is provided by Capuchin priest Father Suresh Mathew, the editor of the Church-run Indian Currents magazine, who has been compiling the list of the country’s priests and nuns who have died in harness in the pandemic. According to the update as of Saturday, May 29, 205 priests and 210 nuns have died of Covid-19, bringing the total to 415. The number could be higher as some casualties are not reported. ....
St. Xavier’s University has opened care centers in Kolkata to treat people with COVID-19 who have no place to isolate at home. Fr. Felix Raj, S.J., the vi ....
May 11, 2021 contributor A health worker takes a mouth swab sample of a Kashmiri boy to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (Credit: Dar Yasin/AP.) Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay, the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), is working to ensure the Church’s social and health arms are prepared to help with the India’s COVID-19 crisis. MUMBAI, India – Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay, the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), is working to ensure the Church’s social and health arms are prepared to help with India’s COVID-19 crisis. ....
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. ....