7 Catholic priests dies of Coronavirus in Italy
The deaths of at least 7 Catholic priests have been reported
in Italy as a result of the Coronavirus.
Monsignor Vincenzo
Rini (pictured above), a priest of the Diocese of Cremona, close to Milan, died
on Saturday, March 14, after being infected with Coronavirus.
Msgr. Rini ran
Cremona’s diocesan newspaper for 30 years, and was at one time the president of
the Italian bishops’ news agency. He was also a novelist, and a noted literary
expert, who served as the Church’s liaison to the Cristina di Savoia Cultural
Congresses, which aim to promote Christian culture in Italy.
In addition to Rini,
6 priests in the Diocese of Bergamo have been reported dead of the coronavirus
by Italian news site Bergamo News.
According to Bergamonews, Bishop Francesco Bechi told
Italian journalists that in addition to six priests in his diocese who have
died of the virus, 20 others have been hospitalized.
Bergamo, a city northest of Milan, has been identified as
the region most afflicted by infections of coronavirus in the country.
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