Interfaith prayers for S. African Covid patients, hospital s

Interfaith prayers for S. African Covid patients, hospital staff
AFP
1/18/2021
AFP
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"The frontline workers need our support... as much as the sick and the bereaved," said pastor Gerhard de Vries Block
Muslims and Christians stand side by side, hands open to the sky or pressed together as they pray for coronavirus patients and healthcare workers in South Africa's coastal city of Cape Town.
Religious groups of all faiths and backgrounds have taken it in turns to take part in joint prayers outside hospitals over the past week, a spiritual show of support as a second wave of infections wreaks havoc across the country.

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