Catholic hospital says federal government told it to extinguish sanctuary candle or risk funding May 5, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Religious Freedom, World News A Catholic hospital in Tulsa, Okla., said the federal government has presented 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 the Children’s Health Insurance Program, jeopardizing its ability to operate at all.
St. Joseph Medical Center earns top safety grade May 4, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Health Care, Local News, News University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center was recognized by a national organization for its commitment to maintaining high patient-safety standards, primarily during the COVID-19 pandemic.
End of life a time for accompaniment, discernment and respect for human dignity, say Catholic bioethicists April 28, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News Accompaniment, discernment and respect for God-given human dignity are central to church teaching on end-of-life issues, several Catholic bioethicists said.
Notre Dame of Maryland University partners with Mount St. Mary’s University to address nursing shortage April 27, 2023By Mary K. Tilghman Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Health Care, Local News, News In response to nursing shortages growing more critical every year in Maryland, the leaders of Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore and Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg have signed a partnership to enable graduates of Mount St. Mary’s to earn their nursing degrees.
Limited access to medication is ‘hidden euthanasia,’ pope says April 13, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Vatican, World News The pope met at the Vatican April 13 with members of the Religious Association of Social and Health Institutes, which represents more than 250 hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and other health care centers operated by religious institutes throughout Italy.
Military archdiocese: Walter Reed pastoral care contract ‘turns ministry on its head’ April 13, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News The end of a long-running Catholic pastoral care contract at a leading U.S. military medical center highlights broader concerns about the federal contracting process for such services, according to the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services and several lawmakers.
Walter Reed decision to cancel Catholic pastoral contract ahead of Holy Week ‘incomprehensible,’ says US military archbishop April 11, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News Hours before Holy Week began, a U.S. major military medical center ended a long-standing contract to provide Catholic pastoral care to veterans and service members, violating their religious freedom, according to Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for Military Services.
Assisted suicide, euthanasia an ‘incredibly slippery slope’ in the West, says CUA panel April 1, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The reality of legalized euthanasia often doesn’t correspond to hypothetical debates over the practice, according to a panel of experts convened at The Catholic University of America.
Medically changing person’s sex characteristics to those of opposite sex ‘not morally justified,’ say bishops March 21, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Health Care, News, World News Surgical, chemical or other interventions that aim “to exchange” a person’s “sex characteristics” for those of the opposite sex “are not morally justified,” said the U.S. bishops’ doctrine committee in a statement released March 20.
Life and death: AEDs save lives on sports fields February 27, 2023By Todd Karpovich Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News, Schools, Sports Peter Laake, a 17-year-old junior at Loyola Blakefield, thanks God he’s alive. He’s using his near-death experience to raise awareness of the importance of having AEDs on athletic fields.
Heart to Beat initiative takes proactive approach to sports safety February 27, 2023By Todd Karpovich Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News, Sports Scott Kuhlman is a 2010 Loyola Blakefield graduate and the CEO of Heart To Beat, an Owings Mills-based safety training and consulting firm that helps organizations prepare and protect their student-athletes.
Reach out to give, receive help, pope tells parents of sick kids February 13, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Vatican, World News The smiles, curiosity and boldness of several children with rare diseases who did not know about protocol at papal audiences and simply went up to Pope Francis and reached out for rosaries gave the grownups present a lesson, the pope said.
