By: Bp José Luis IMC (Bishop of Manzini)
On 11 August 2021 we gathered at Good Shepherd Catholic Hospital (Siteki) I presented a donation from Pope Francis of COVID19 response equipment
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Good Shepherd Catholic Mission Hospital – board chairperson
Lubombo Regional Health Officer
Good Shepherd Catholic Mission Hospital – CEO
Management team
Priests and deacon
Members of the media
Brothers and sisters in Christ,
We are gathered here today to present and thank Pope Francis’ donation to Good Shepherd Catholic Hospital.
From the very beginning of this pandemic affecting the whole world, Pope Francis took an active role and leadership:
- As soon as the first lock-downs were announced in Italy, he suspended all the public prayers and weekly audiences that were being held at St Peter’s square;
- He called the world to prayer and prayed for the whole world. I still recall a very intense and moving prayer held last year on March 27. Intense and moving because Pope Francis chose to do it at St Peter’s square, like many other times. The difference, though, is that he was there all alone. It was the image of a world experiencing lockdowns but at the same time the image of a shepherd that remains close to the sheep;
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ROME – As violence continues to grip the small southern Africa nation of Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland and the continent’s last remaining monarchy, the country’s lone Catholic bishop says the challenge isn’t just to stop the bloodshed, but to understand why it’s happening.
The Covid-19 Pandemic took away a number of our beloved family members and during the lockdown the church could not celebrate Mass for any of them because of the strict restrictions by the government. Gatherings of any sort were not allowed and so were the night vigils; the body of the deceased could be collected from the morgue straight to the burial site something that was very unusual to us since the tradition has always been that a Requiem Mass be celebrated for the deceased something that did not happen during lockdown.
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COVID-19 has greatly impacted the Eswatini healthcare sector, which has been met with monumental challenges in trying to cope with and respond to the pandemic. One of those major challenges has been the short supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers. Each and every day the healthcare workers risk their lives and improvise with what is available so as to continue providing healthcare services to the people of Eswatini, and as a result, the lack of PPE has propagated the spread and exacerbated the pandemic.