The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops invites the faithful to join in a novena for mental health as part of the second year of the USCCB’s ongoing National Catholic Mental Health Campaign.
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‘We need to not be afraid to talk about suicide,’ says Catholic mental health expert
As National Suicide Prevention Month draws to a close, a Catholic mental health expert told OSV News that open, ongoing conversations about suicide are crucial.
Bill to establish a right to IVF fails in Senate
A bill that aimed to establish a right to in vitro fertilization failed on a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate Sept. 17.
Notre Dame of Maryland partners with Goucher College for nursing program
Notre Dame of Maryland University and Goucher College are partnering to offer a fast-track bachelor of science nursing degree program for students to earn a second degree.
Mind and heart: Church must combat mental health crisis, sister says
Sister Carneiro, a specialist in social work, ethics and human resources, linked the global mental health crisis to the fragmentation of community life and the loss of widely held values that once brought people together.
In health care, patients must be seen ‘as the image of Christ,’ says physician
The event, which gathered Catholic physicians and their families, followed the theme “Imago Dei: Made in His Image, Male and Female He Created Them.”
Notre Dame Prep’s Anatomage table provides insights into the body
The detailed views of the human body were made possible by NDP’s state-of-the art Anatomage Table. The all-girls school is the only high school in Maryland with a full-sized Anatomage table, according to Mary Agnes Sheridan, director of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) at NDP.
Congolese Catholic Church leaders concerned as mpox marches through country
As Congo remained the epicenter of the latest mpox outbreak, Catholic Church leaders in the country were calling for increased action, while expressing concern at the surging cases.
Catholic doctors condemn kidnapping of Nigerian Catholic medical students
Catholic health care professionals have condemned the Aug. 15 kidnapping of 20 Catholic medical students in Nigeria.
Catholic medical group welcomes plastic surgeons’ questions about gender surgeries for teens
A group of Catholic medical professionals is hailing recent remarks by U.S. plastic surgeons questioning surgical interventions for teens experiencing gender dysphoria.
Parents win appeal in death of daughter forced off life support by British court
The parents of a young woman branded “delusional” for wanting continued hospital treatment instead of palliative care have won a court battle over the legality of the ruling that led to their daughter’s death.
‘Abundant data’ shows elective induced abortion is not ‘health care,’ says OB-GYN
Abortion, which intentionally ends the life of an unborn child, is not health care, according to a new publication by Dr. Ingrid Skop, an board-certified OB-GYN with more than 30 years of experience.