The cleric had his church filled with more than 5,000 portraits of those who have died in the pandemic that is spreading across Peru, using his broadcast homily to criticise a health system he said was "based on egotism and on business and not on mercy and solidarity with the people".
Herbal cures and no sanitation: the Lima residents battling Covid alone - in pictures

The nation as a whole faces a projected economic contraction of 12% this year and Castillo called for solidarity with the poor. Read more