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A Filipina Benedictine nun has succumbed to coronavirus in Spain, her congregation reported on March 28.
Sr Maria Gratia Balagot, who was the superior of their community in India, was only visiting Spain to renew her visa when she was infected with Covid-19. “And while there, (she) contracted the virus,” the US-based Missionary Benedictine Sisters – Norfolk Priory said in a Facebook post. “Please pray for her and for her community in India and for the whole congregation during this difficult time,” the post reads. Sr Balagot, who is originally from Aringay, La Union, died at the age of 71. She has been a missionary in India since 2016.
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