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He was hospitalized on September 30 because he was alarmed by mild respiratory symptoms and fever. Monsignor Giovanni D’Alise, 72-year-old bishop of Caserta, received a rapid molecular swab that tested positive. In four days, the high prelate was attacked by Covid-19 and did not succeed at dawn. According to the Caserta Health Hospital, Monsignor D’Alise’s clinical picture was aggravated by kidney failure, diabetes mellitus, hypertensive heart disease, and dyslipidemia. The doctors tried to apply all the therapeutic protocols planned to combat the Coronavirus and they were also administered the new antiviral drug Remdesivir but at 6 am there was cardiac arrest and at 6.30, after cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers, death was confirmed. . Ironically, D’Alise had raised his voice several times to urge the faithful to wear the mask and respect the distancing to fight the virus. In addition, he had pointed out the danger that many citizens, suddenly finding themselves in financial difficulties due to the pandemic, would fall into the hands of usurers and gangsters.
Who was
Monsignor D’Alise was ordained bishop in 2004 and had led the Diocese of Caserta for more than six years when he replaced Monsignor Pietro Farina, who also died during his episcopal tenure. D’Alise was ordained a priest in 1972 and from 2001 to 2004 he was vicar of Foraneo de la Forania di San Felice – Arienzo. Pain and emotion – wrote the mayor of Caserta – for the death of our beloved bishop and here I express my deepest condolences and on behalf of the City of Caserta. Now is not the time for words, but for prayers for your soul. The funeral will take place in the next few days, respecting the schedules of the Covid security protocol.
The victims
Catholic churches in Europe are paying a heavy price for the pandemic: 400 priests and religious elders have died after contracting the coronavirus. The figure appears in a report prepared by the Council of European Episcopal Conferences, reported by the Religious Information Service. Among the countries that have paid the highest number of victims among the clergy, are the Netherlands with 181 dead (elderly religious), Italy with 121 and Spain with 70. So it follows that among the priests, in Poland there were 10 victims, 5 in Belgium, 5 in Ukraine, 3 in Ireland, 4 in Austria and one death in Lithuania.
October 4, 2020 (change October 4, 2020 | 11:30 am)
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