Jan Babjak - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 23 Sep 2021 06:08:57 +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 Jan Babjak - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Slovak bishop who met Pope Francis last week tests positive for COVID-19 https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/09/23/slovak-bishop-who-met-pope-francis-last-week-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 05:53:11 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=140717 A Slovak bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, who met Pope Francis when the pontiff visited the central European country last week, tested positive for COVID-19 and is in self-quarantine, the church said. Pope Francis visited Hungary and Slovakia between Sep 12-15, which was his first trip since having surgery in July. He presided at a Read more

Slovak bishop who met Pope Francis last week tests positive for COVID-19... Read more]]> A Slovak bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, who met Pope Francis when the pontiff visited the central European country last week, tested positive for COVID-19 and is in self-quarantine, the church said.

Pope Francis visited Hungary and Slovakia between Sep 12-15, which was his first trip since having surgery in July.

He presided at a Divine Liturgy, a Byzantine rite used by Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Churches, held outside in Presov in eastern Slovakia on Sep 14, which the bishop attended.

"The Greek-Catholic bishop of Presov, Jan Babjak, tested positive for coronavirus on Sept. 18. He went into self-quarantine immediately. He is vaccinated, and he shows only mild symptoms of the illness," the church said on Monday.

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