"Asia’s Catholic bishops hail Fr. Stan as 'martyr of the marginalized': Indian Jesuit priest Fr. Stan Swamy, who campaigned for indigenous rights, died on July 5 under detention in a hospital in Mumbai, while being treated for Covid-19."

"The Catholic bishops of Asia have expressed their sorrow at the death of jailed Indian Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy, hailing him as the “latest saint of modern India’s poor.”

Heart-wrenching tragedy

“'His last month in custody on a hospital bed till the last moments is the most heart-wrenching tragedy of an innocent man persecuted for doing good,' said Myanmar Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference (FABC), in a statement..."

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