We need to find a way that people who die are accompanied, but we’re a — Ivan Maffeis
"We need to find a way that people who die are accompanied, but we’re also thinking of the trauma of someone who not only loses a loved one but wasn’t able to be close to them, for reasons of health precautions, but wasn’t able to accompany them after death. Its as if they died almost invisible. The pain in families is enormous, and as the Church we need to respond in whatever way we can."
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Ivan Maffeis
Ivan Maffeis
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Ivan Maffeis is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Perugia since 2022. After ordination to the priesthood, he spent twenty years working in his home diocese of Trento diving his time between pastoral work and journalism. He then moved to Rome and held various positions in the communications offices of the Italian Episcopal Conference for ten years. He worked b