Sisters of the Precious Blood

Convent in South Africa Turned into COVID-19 Quarantine Facility as Fifth Nun Dies

Jun 18, 2020

The convent of the Congregation of the Precious Blood Sisters in South Africa’s Catholic Diocese of Umtata has been turned into a COVID-19 quarantine facility after a fifth member of the congregation succumbed to the new coronavirus.

Four members of the Religious Congregation of the Precious Blood Sisters who succumbed to COVID-19 in South Africa's Umtata Diocese.

Four Nuns Who Succumbed to COVID-19 in South Africa “were generous servants of the Lord”

Jun 15, 2020

The leadership of the Catholic Church in South Africa has described the four members of the Religious Congregation of the Precious Blood Sisters who succumbed to COVID-19 as “generous servants of the Lord” who died “in a very short period of time.”

Sisters of the Precious Blood

Convent in South Africa Turned into COVID-19 Quarantine Facility as Fifth Nun Dies

Four Nuns Who Succumbed to COVID-19 in South Africa “were generous servants of the Lord”

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