Highlights
LGUs can coordinate with religious institutions to bring these kinds of services to citizens.
Overview
The Diocese of Novaliches has launched an online platform to reach out to isolated COVID-19 patients.
The "E-Pray," an initiative of the Novaliches Diocese’s social communications ministry, allows a patient to connect to a priest for spiritual counseling and prayer.
According to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), the project uses Google Form, a free web-based application, where people can type in their contact details such as mobile number or messenger account so that a priest could get in touch with them.
The platform will be manned by a number of volunteers who will match any sick person with a priest available.
Around 30 priests from across the country and one from New York have so far volunteered to listen and pray with the COVID-19 patients.
However, they can only offer to pray for those requesting for a sick to be anointed or those requesting for confession.
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