Sarah Moses, of Oxford, MS writes for the Berkley Center on the responsibility we all have in taking care of our elders, especially in the time of pandemic. When I teach my comparative religious ethics course, I have found that one of the moral insights my college students find most compelling is from Jewish thinker Abraham […]
Urgent Appeal of the Community of Sant’Egidio: Solidarity with Vulnerable People in Nursing Homes in the COVID-19 Pandemic The Community of Sant’Egidio, an international lay association of the Catholic Church, calls on all people of goodwill to engage in active solidarity with vulnerable people living in nursing homes, in order to stop the life-threatening social isolation brought […]
While many speak of “social distancing” in the time of COVID-19, there is an enormous cost for those who are already alone in our society. Loneliness kills and social distancing, for some, can spell the end of the only human contact they have. At Sant’Egidio, we prefer “physical distancing,” maintaining health precautions but using this […]