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Covid-19 outbreaks after KZN church gatherings Updated
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The plea by The Leadership Conference of the Consecrated Life SA came after the virus claimed the lives of six nuns at a Catholic convent in Port Shepstone.
The elderly women from the Daughters of St Francis of Asisi Convent were aged between 75 and 88.
According to officials, they passed away over the course of the past week. They were laid to rest on Saturday. Fifteen other sisters are said to be critically ill. This is a result of a gathering that was held at that church. There have been requests in this instance from the catholic church to say if they could be provided with sanitizers and masks. We will be looking into that, says KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane Zulu.
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South Africa: COVID-19 infections in religious communities
The second wave of COIVD-19, in South Africa, is devastating religious communities.
Paul Samasumo – Vatican City
Among the latest afflicted are the Daughters of Saint Francis in Port Shepstone, Marianhill Diocese, KwaZulu Natal. The deaths of six religious women were announced by Sr Nkhensani Shibambu CSA, who is President of South Africa’s Leadership Conference of Consecrated Life LCCL.
Deaths within a week
In a message seen by
Vatican News, Friday evening, Sr. Shibambu said that the Sisters died within the last seven days.
“It is with great sadness and shock that we announce the death of six sisters from the Daughters of Saint Francis in Port Shepstone, Marianhill Diocese. Sisters Elmara Skhakhane FSF, Leonissa Nzimande FSF (78), Colleta Msomi FSF (78), Anastasia Mthetwa FSF (86), Amara Madlala FSF (75) and Edmunda Nkomo FSF (80) passed away as a result of COVID-19. The sisters all died within a week, from 10
Vatican City, Feb 18, 2018 / 09:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Lent is a time to face our temptations and be converted by the Gospel, Pope Francis said in his Angelus address on the first Sunday of Lent.
His reflections were based on the passage in the Gospel of Mark, when Jesus is tempted by Satan in the desert for 40 days.
Jesus goes into the desert to prepare for his mission on earth, the Pope said.
While Jesus has no need of conversion himself, he must go to the desert out of obedience to God the Father and “for us, to give us the grace to overcome temptation.”