03-26-2020, 11:10 AM
67 Italian Catholic priests have died of coronavirus
A total of 67 Italian Catholic priests have died after being infected with the novel coronavirus.
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The Avvenire newspaper revealed this on Wednesday, adding that the youngest of those listed by the Catholic Church-affiliated paper was 53.
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"Priests get sick and die like everybody else, maybe even more than the rest,"Â the Avvenire wrote.
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The paper said 22 of the fatalities were in the Bergamo diocese, at the heart of the outbreak not far from the financial centre Milan.
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Pope Francis asked priests "to have the courage to go out and see the sick"Â when the pandemic was gathering strength across the country on March 10.
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A total of 67 Italian Catholic priests have died after being infected with the novel coronavirus.
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The Avvenire newspaper revealed this on Wednesday, adding that the youngest of those listed by the Catholic Church-affiliated paper was 53.
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"Priests get sick and die like everybody else, maybe even more than the rest,"Â the Avvenire wrote.
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The paper said 22 of the fatalities were in the Bergamo diocese, at the heart of the outbreak not far from the financial centre Milan.
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Pope Francis asked priests "to have the courage to go out and see the sick"Â when the pandemic was gathering strength across the country on March 10.
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