French Muslims Face a Cruel Coronavirus Shortage: Burial Grounds
For many immigrant families, the pandemic has halted the tradition of repatriating bodies to their country of origin, and finding a plot in France has become ever more difficult.
Dial-a-Priest
Dial–a–Priest is available to health care professionals and families in hospitals and nursing homes around the country through a single number that connects callers to an Episcopal clergyperson for prayer, especially before intubations or surgeries, or last rites when needed – no matter a patient’s faith tradition or absence of faith tradition.
Association of Professional Chaplains: COVID-19 Resources
The Association of Professional Chaplains coronavirus page offers resources (healthcare, spiritual care services, self-care, etc.) curated by leaders in healthcare, safety and disease control that pertain to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A global call to prayer
A prayer initiative sponsored by the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity (HCHF), which is composed of Muslim and Christian religious leaders called for May 14 to be a day dedicated to fasting, works of mercy, prayers and supplications for the good of all humanity, so that God will end the pandemic.
15 Funerals a Day: The Pace of Death Stuns Brooklyn Muslims
Since the coronavirus took hold of New York in March, burial rituals in the city have become more complicated. Funeral homes everywhere are backed up and overwhelmed.
When Resources are Limited, What Would an Ethicist Do
Dr. Paul Root Wolpe and Kathy Kinlaw discuss the unique ethical challenges of triage, ventilator allocation, DNR orders, and other difficult decisions related to treatment of COVID-19, and how hospitals locally and across the nation are handling these challenges.