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Monroe priest from India: In my village, many have died
Father Kishore Babu Battu is making daily phone calls to India.
The parish administrator at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Monroe is a native of India and still has relatives in the country that has been ravaged with COVID recently.
India has experienced extremely high rates of COVID infections and many deaths. Hospitals are full and medical supplies are running low. Lockdowns were reinstated.
The Rev. Kishore lived in Andhra Pradesh, in the southern part of India, until 2012. His 69-year-old mother, six siblings and many nieces and nephews still live in India. He, like other local residents from India, worry about their health.