The Catholic Church in Gujarat has lost five priests in 24 hours as the second wave of the Covid-19 pande-mic continues to create havoc in India.
“It is a particularly sad time for us in the Church of Gujarat that we have lost five priests in less than a day,” bemoans Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash, an acitivist of human rights, reconciliation and peace and a writer based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s commercial capital.
Two of the deceased priests were from Father Prakash’s congregation while others were a diocesan, a Carmelite of Mary Immaculate and a Divine Word Society.
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