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The article "THE PLAGUE, THE SWORD, AND THE HUNGER: Biblical reflections on the pandemic" discusses the biblical references to plagues and their relationship with the current pandemic. It emphasizes that catastrophes are moments of social reordering and mentions that the pandemic reveals the previous injustice and chaos in the world. The "plagues of Egypt" are analyzed as a parable of the attitudes of current political leaders towards ecological disasters and pandemics. It also talks about the story of Noah and the flood, and the relationship between leprosy and the Last Supper of Jesus. [Extracted from the article]