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On CNN show, cardinal prays for 500,000 COVID-19 deaths in U.S.
Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory speaks Feb. 22, 2021, during CNN s evening program remembering over 500,000 Americans who have died of COVID-19. (CNS screen capture/Andrew Biraj, Catholic Standard)
By Richard Szczepanowski • Catholic News Service • Posted February 23, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) During a Feb. 22 evening program on CNN, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered a prayer for those who have died from COVID-19 asking God to “grant enteral peace to all our sisters and brothers lost to this disease.”
“Let us now open our hearts to recall those who have died from the coronavirus,” Cardinal Gregory prayed. “Strengthen those families and friends who remain behind, to comfort one another and to wipe the tears from our eyes. May each one find peace and let the memory of our loved ones itself be a blessing.”
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