(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 01 - 269 priests died due to Covid-19 in Italy in the first year of the pandemic. From March 1, 2020 to March 1, 2021, the diocesan clergy paid hardly for the closeness to the people, the presence in the environments most exposed to the virus and the fragility of an advanced age. The regions most affected were those of the North (78% of the total): leading the ranking is Lombardy with 88 deaths (33%). The contagion has almost eliminated the albeit modest turnover guaranteed by the new ordinations, which were 299 in 2020. If in 2019 the dead priests were 742, in 2020 the total rose to 958 with an increase of 30%. This was written by the agency of the Italian Episcopal Conference. (HANDLE).
Covid: 269 priests died in Italy in one year
2021-04-01T14:22:55.685Z
269 priests died due to Covid-19 in Italy in the first year of the pandemic. (HANDLE)