Archdiocese of Bangkok - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 12 Aug 2021 01:21:44 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Archdiocese of Bangkok - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic Church in Thailand converts facilities into field hospitals for COVID-19 patients https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/08/12/catholic-church-in-thailand-converts-facilities-into-field-hospitals-for-covid-19-patients/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 07:53:58 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=139192 Catholic dioceses and parishes in Thailand, which continues to witness a surge in COVID-19 cases, have been converting church facilities into field hospitals and isolation centers. The Archdiocese of Bangkok in the financial capital of the Southeast Asian country has turned over to the government a Catholic school that has been converted into a 630-bed Read more

Catholic Church in Thailand converts facilities into field hospitals for COVID-19 patients... Read more]]> Catholic dioceses and parishes in Thailand, which continues to witness a surge in COVID-19 cases, have been converting church facilities into field hospitals and isolation centers.

The Archdiocese of Bangkok in the financial capital of the Southeast Asian country has turned over to the government a Catholic school that has been converted into a 630-bed field hospital on August 6.

"The more humanity suffers, the more we need love, mercy and sharing," said Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanich, Archbishop of Bangkok, in a report on Catholic news site LiCAS.

During the turnover ceremony, the cardinal said the pandemic "has brought suffering to all of us," especially "the poor, those without income, without a job, and those who have lost hope."

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