Catholic Bishop Who Claimed COVID-19 Was ‘Sign From God’ Dies From Virus

Catholic News Agency reports:

Bishop Henrique Soares da Costa of Palmares, Brazil, became the latest bishop to die of COVID-19 on July 18. He died at the age of 57 after being hospitalized for more than two weeks of treatment in the intensive care unit of the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco.

DCM reports:

In a recent video, Dom Henrique stated that the coronavirus is “a sign from God” and that “science is always precarious.”

Bishop Costa, who campaigned for Christian fascist Jair Bolsonaro, was an outspoken advocate for ultra-conservative Christian values, often arguing that there was a “war on Christianity,” at one point declaring:

The war against Christianity is clear, heavy and methodical. You can’t play with that. Today, it is our greatest urgency.

Full Article: [patheos.com]

His god sent him a sign, he just didn’t read it. When will believers realize that their beliefs do not matter?