Death in church - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 01 Mar 2021 01:56:11 +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 Death in church - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Man dies on his knees in a Mexico City church https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/03/01/man-dies-in-mexico-city-church/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 06:53:18 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=134096 A church in Mexico City was the scene on Sunday of the death of Juan, a man in his sixties who got down on his knees to pray at the entrance of the church. He then made his way up the main aisle still on his knees, passed out, and died within minutes in front Read more

Man dies on his knees in a Mexico City church... Read more]]> A church in Mexico City was the scene on Sunday of the death of Juan, a man in his sixties who got down on his knees to pray at the entrance of the church. He then made his way up the main aisle still on his knees, passed out, and died within minutes in front of the altar.

The same afternoon the parish priest celebrated Juan's funeral Mass accompanied by several parishioners.

The official report states that Juan entered Jesus the Priest parish church, around noon on Feb. 21, and died shortly thereafter on his knees in front of the altar, about 45 minutes before the start of the afternoon Mass.

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