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Cotton Swabs and Hazmat Gowns: The Sacrament of the Sick During COVID

Father Stephan, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church priest, wearing a special suit to protect himself against coronavirus, stands, after visiting patients with COVID-19 at an intensive care unit of the emergency hospital in Lviv, Western Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Ukraine imposed a wide-ranging lockdown which began Friday, closing schools and entertainment venues and restaurant table service through Jan. 25. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Evgeniy Maloletka
Father Stephan, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church priest, wearing a special suit to protect himself against coronavirus, stands, after visiting patients with COVID-19 at an intensive care unit of the emergency hospital in Lviv, Western Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021.

Chaplains recount their sacramental challenges.