Holy Water Cures AIDS?

Ian Woods with Sky News has the story of St. Mary’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Addis Adaba, Ethiopia, where thousands of people come daily to be healed of HIV/AIDS. “The church claims that more than a thousand people have been cured in the past two years.” Men, women, and children gather in the nude as priests drench them with holy water. In order to receive the holy water, they must stop taking medication.

At Addis Adaba’s leading hospital, Dr Amone Wodoson understands why Orthodox Christians may seek help from their church, but is angry at the suggestion that they must choose between religion and science.

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Kessis Kefyalew Merahi is a scholarly figure, who says that both medicine and faith have a role to play in treating AIDS. He insists that the holy water is a proven cure.

“Some of the patients are okay. They still have the sign of the virus, but the virus has no power on their body and blood because it is controlled by the grace of Our Lady.”

Read the whole story at Sky News.

HT: SharperIron

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