The head of the Catholic Health Association of the United States called it "extremely disappointing" that a USA Today article published Feb. 17 "suggested that Catholic health care's long-standing commitment to providing care that recognizes the sacredness of each individual -- from
The Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem, located just 1,500 steps from the birthplace of Christ, is confronting significant challenges amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip 45 miles away.
As the number of people in the United States identifying as “transgender” continues to grow, the Church continues to seek ways to respond pastorally and doctrinally to this sea change in cultural mores. To that end, at their spring plenary in Orlando,
(OSV News) — A Catholic hospital in Oklahoma said the federal government has backed off after presenting it with a choice to either extinguish a candle in its chapel’s sanctuary or risk its ability to treat patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid or
Catholic hospitals and their workers "must not be coerced by the government to violate their consciences" by being forced to perform "gender transition procedures" against their religious beliefs, said two U.S. cardinals writing in America magazine.
In a Sept. 26 article in the
In early September, NPR reported that a change in student health services at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, would leave students without ready access to contraceptives. Oberlin, like many colleges and universities, outsources student health to an outside provider. The change in
A Catholic hospital's campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, became the scene of the country's 233rd mass shooting of the year June 1, leaving four dead, including a doctor, who had treated the gunman for back pain.
Tulsa authorities said in a June 2 news
Monsignor Owen Campion writes that while Catholics may feel defensive these days about their views — especially in regard to abortion — the United States should thank Catholics for how they have helped the country, specifically in their long legacy of instituting hospitals
Several Catholic hospitals, a Catholic university and Mercy sisters who run health clinics filed a challenge to a federal mandate for performing gender transition procedures with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit Dec. 15.
The groups are continuing a fight
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Helen Alvaré, a law professor at Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, examines a recent decision by the Supreme Court to deny a Catholic hospital’s request to dismiss a complaint for transgender