National Post (National Edition)

TWO CARDINALS TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRU­S

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Two Vatican cardinals, including one who spends most of his time helping Rome's homeless, have tested positive for the coronaviru­s, a Vatican source said on Tuesday. Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, 57, pictured, a Pole who manages Pope Francis's charities and has the title of the Vatican's almoner, was hospitaliz­ed for treatment of the onset of pneumonia. Italian Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, 78, the governor of Vatican City, tested positive and is believed to be in self-isolation in his home in the Vatican, the source said. It was not immediatel­y clear if either or both attended an event on Monday at which members of the Vatican's central administra­tion, known as the Curia, exchanged Christmas greetings with the pope. There was no official Vatican confirmati­on of the two cardinals' test results.

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