Dozens of priests are dying of COVID-19 in Latin America aleteia.org

The Catholic Church in Latin America has not been spared the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 and in the first quarter of 2021, dozens of priests in a number of countries such as Venezuela, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Bolivia have died after contracting COVID-19 while carrying out their pastoral work assisting the faithful and supporting them as they deal with fear and pain.

According to a recent statement of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference (CEV) addressed to the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), from March 2020, when COVID-19 first began to spread across the country, until the present, 201 of the 2002 priests currently serving in Venezuela have contracted the disease. Of these, 24 have subsequently died…

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