Counselling the dying and the bereaved
By Tim Maby The ability of chaplains, imams and rabbis to console the dying has been seriously curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic, says the Rev Mark Burleigh, head of chaplaincy and bereavement services at Leicester University hospitals. In a briefing for the Religion Media Centre, he said chaplains can contact the dying only in negotiation […]
Analysis: Pandemic Prayers
By Andrew Brown All over Britain, people are praying for the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, after he was admitted into the intensive care unit of St Thomas’s Hospital, London, last night. Prayer is something to which millions of people turn in times of need. A recent Pew Research survey found that more than half of […]
Coronavirus and religion – update 7 April 2020
By Tim Wyatt UK In the build-up to Easter, an umbrella group of Churches across Britain and Ireland have released a joint call to prayer for those suffering from the coronavirus. In a rare shared statement, all the UK and Ireland’s major denominations urged Christians to follow the example of Daniel from the Old Testament, […]
Factsheet: Cardinal George Pell
George Pell is a cardinal in the Catholic Church and former Vatican treasurer, who become the most senior Catholic to be convicted of abuse after he was jailed in Australia over allegations of child sex abuse. In 2020 he was cleared of the charges on appeal
