Catholic churches in Egypt offer Friday prayer for people infected by COVID-19
On March 13, the Egyptian catholic communities will pray for the victims of the coronavirus epidemic, asking the Lord the recovery of the infected people, the merciful reception for who dies and the consolation for who loses their loved ones because of the disease.
In a statement released in the name of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Egypt, co-chaired by the Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak (in the photo) and by the Melkite Patriarch Youssef Absi, it is acknowledged that the virus represents a global threat for the entire humanity, and the protection of the Lord is invoked over the Egyptian nation and “over every country in the world”, Agenzia Fides reported on Thursday.
According to official statistics released by the Egyptian Ministry of Health, there are about sixty cases of coronavirus infection so far.
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