Priests of Baghdad donate salaries to victims of pandemic and to people in need
Parish priests in Baghdad have decided to donate their salaries to those most affected by COVID-19 and people in need during these testing times.
The decision came at the end of a meeting two days ago between the priests, the primate Card Louis Raphael Sako, and auxiliary bishops Shemon Warduni and Basil Yaldo, Asia News reported.
The Chaldean primate reiterated the need to respect social distancing in churches, uphold government lockdown measure and comply with all official health directives to counter the spread of the novel coronavirus.
According to official sources, Iraq has 1,677 cases of the coronavirus with 83 deaths and 1,171 people recovered. However, medical sources and independent analysts have criticised the official toll, and police have targeted doctors for reporting three times more cases.
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