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Young man who threw Pachamama idols into Tiber hospitalized today: prayer needed

Alexander Tschugguel has been hospitalized due to the coronavirus.

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March 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Alexander Tschugguel, 26, of Vienna, Austria, who captured the attention of the world for removing the Pachamama idols from a Church in Rome, has been hospitalized today due to having contracted the coronavirus.

Alexander has been at home in bed with fever for nine days and is very weak. He texted me yesterday only to say he was too weak to speak. Today, he was admitted to hospital, and first reports suggest that his life is not in danger.

He and his family is in need of prayer for a full recovery. When his situation became known and people began praying he had the most relief he’s had since feeling unwell.

John-Henry is the co-founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of LifeSiteNews.com. He and his wife Dianne have eight children and they live in the Ottawa Valley in Ontario, Canada.

He has spoken at conferences and retreats, and appeared on radio and television throughout the world. John-Henry founded the Rome Life Forum, an annual strategy meeting for life, faith and family leaders worldwide. He is a board member of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family. He is a consultant to Canada’s largest pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and serves on the executive of the Ontario branch of the organization. He has run three times for political office in the province of Ontario representing the Family Coalition Party.

John-Henry earned an MA from the University of Toronto in School and Child Clinical Psychology and an Honours BA from York University in Psychology.