Catholic Groups Studying New Proposed Rules Issued by HHS
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic institutions were still analyzing the effect of a new set of proposed rules on insurance coverage of contraceptives issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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'Catholic Health Centers Must Maintain Identity'
Sunday, November 18, 2012
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In their mission to serve all people, Catholic health care facilities also must be vigilant in maintaining their Christian identity and protecting the life and dignity of the human person, said the head of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry.
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Bishops Urge Congress to Fix, Not Repeal Health Law
Thursday, June 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (CNS)—The U.S. Supreme Court's June 28 decision upholding
the health reform law makes it even more urgent for Congress to act to
fix the law's "fundamental flaws" on abortion funding, conscience
protection and immigrants' access to health care, the U.S. bishops said.
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WASHINGTON (CNS)—The Catholic Health Association, a major supporter
of President Barack Obama's health reform law, is urging the government
to expand its definition of religious employers who are exempt from the
requirement to provide contraceptives and sterilization free of charge
to their employees.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
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ROCKVILLE, Md. (CNS)—The sounds of joyful singing fill the first
floor of the suburban Washington home of Irma and Celia Nissen.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
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“If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.”
—Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Benedict XVI and other church leaders said it
was the moral responsibility of nations to guarantee access to health
care for all of their citizens, regardless of social and economic status
or their ability to pay.
Monday, November 22, 2010
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Monday, November 22, 2010
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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Now that the House has had its say on repealing
health reform, what are the next steps for those who would like to see
improvements to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?
Monday, January 24, 2011
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Monday, January 24, 2011
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WATERBURY, Conn. (CNS)—Heavy rains drenched much of the state on the
night before a new Malta House of Care mobile van was dedicated at
Sacred Heart-Sagrado Corazon Parish in Waterbury. By the time Hartford
Archbishop Henry J. Mansell blessed the new van, however, only a light
drizzle fell.
Monday, September 06, 2010
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Monday, September 06, 2010
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Forty-six million Americans are without health
insurance. Eighty percent of those uninsured are
working one or two jobs and still can’t get health
insurance. A study four years ago by the Institute
of Medicine showed there are 18,000 unnecessary
deaths every year because people lack insurance. That’s 49
people a day. And the majority of those uninsured ...
Monday, April 12, 2010
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from St. Anthony Messenger magazine
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A patient today can
feel like a number, poked and prodded like a malfunctioning
machine.
But Catholic medical schools are leading the charge to
restore health
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Monday, April 12, 2010
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from St. Anthony Messenger magazine
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The health-care reform debate has been
going on in our country for decades.
Post-Depression Roosevelt and Truman
tried it, as did Nixon and, more recently,
Clinton. Rising health-care costs
made health-care reform a major campaign
issue last November.
...
Monday, April 12, 2010
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from St. Anthony Messenger magazine
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Carol Taylor, C.S.F.N.,
R.N., Ph.D., is the director of clinical bioethics at
Georgetown
University. She is also a senior research scholar at the ...
Monday, April 12, 2010
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from St. Anthony Messenger magazine
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The Catholic Church and other religious and humanitarian institutions do
great works of charity and support the common good. These efforts can
be multiplied through the far-reaching scope of local and national
governments. As we know from the parable of the Good Samaritan, we are
called to be not only ...
Monday, April 12, 2010
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from Every Day Catholic
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Hope Lodges provide free, temporary housing on a first-come,
first-served basis to adult
cancer patients and their companions during their course
of treatment away from home. (Ronald
...
Monday, April 12, 2010
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from St. Anthony Messenger magazine
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End-of-life issues touch the depths of our being, stir the emotions, and
raise profound questions. They call for careful moral
reasoning. In this Update we
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Monday, April 12, 2010
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from Catholic Update
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With health care on everyone's agenda, Doctor Ed Gamboa encourages us to
explore anew and recommit to the traditional ideals and enduring
virtues that make medicine and the practice of healing more than a job.
Using life stories of heroic men and women who served as physicians,
nurses and hospital attendants, ...
Monday, April 12, 2010
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from St. Anthony Messenger Press
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The Sacrament of Anointing of the
Sick used to be called “the Last Rites” or
“Extreme Unction” because the usual
recipient was a dying ...
Monday, April 12, 2010
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from St. Anthony Messenger magazine
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When patients arrive
at the world-renowned
Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota, many are acquainted
with the story of the legendary
Drs. Mayo. But few know the
Clinic has Franciscan roots, roots that
began 117 years ago in a cornfield.
Monday, April 12, 2010
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from St. Anthony Messenger magazine
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