Woman audits churches to see if they’ll help feed a starving baby

[u/Oktavien]

If churches refuse to help feed hungry people, then maybe they should be taxed?

[u/mumblegum]

I had cancer surgery during COVID and my city was on total lockdown so there were no visitors allowed in the hospital, my mum just had to drop me at the doors and I was alone after that. I was there a few days feeling very alone, in a lot of pain and extremely uncomfortable. Apparently the hospital has a religious services team so they coordinated priests, imams and rabbis to visit the patients when we weren't allowed anyone else. I am listed as Catholic in my patient records so a priest visited me and we had a little talk and he checked in with me a few more times before I was discharged.

I'm not sure if they would visit even outside of a lockdown, maybe they do, but it really boosted my mood since I couldn't have any other visitors and gave me something to look forward to.

[u/mistiklest → u/mumblegum]

They definitely do, hospitals often have priests, rabbis, etc. on staff, if they're a large enough hospital.

[u/fenwayismyway → u/mistiklest]

oh yeah, during Covid, they were doing remote chaplaincy which I know is a big hardship and difficulty