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Missionary of mountains dies of Covid-19 in Pakistan
Irish Mill Hill Father Thomas Rafferty sought out and served neglected Catholics near the Afghanistan border
Archbishop Joseph Arshad of Islamabad-Rawalpindi at the funeral Mass of Mill Hill Missionary Father Thomas Bernard Rafferty at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Rawalpindi on May 10. (Photo: Kamran Chaudhry/UCA News)
Pakistani Catholics are mourning an Irish missionary who served among scattered Catholics communities amid the Taliban insurgency in the rugged regions of northern Pakistan.
Mill Hill Missionary (MHM) Father Thomas Bernard Rafferty, 75, died of Covid-19 on May 9 in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
More than 20 priests concelebrated his funeral on May 10 with Archbishop Joseph Arshad of Islamabad-Rawalpindi at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Rawalpindi. A requiem Mass will take place on May 11 in Holy Name Parish of Nowshera cantonment in the northern province.