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Parishioners gather for a memorial Mass for Fr. Estefan Turcios, head of El Salvador's pontifical mission societies, May 21, 2021, at San Antonio Church in Soyapango, El Salvador, where he pastored working-class Salvadorans for 34 years. The beloved priest, who also was director of the human rights office for the Archdiocese of San Salvador, died May 8, 2021, one of more than 2,000 Salvadorans to reportedly die of COVID-19. (CNS/Rhina Guidos)