Thank You
Your registration has been accepted for the Illinois Catholic Health Association’s short online course for chaplains on the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services. Within 5 days you will receive an email from The National Catholic Bioethics Center with the information you will need to access their website to download and complete the 6 learning modules.
Thank you for your participation in this program, and thank you for the service you render to those in our Catholic healthcare facilities in the Province of Illinois.
Patrick Cacchione
Executive Director
Catholic News
- White House responds to Pope Leo's words on the prayers of those who wage war (C-SPAN)During his Palm Sunday homily, Pope Leo XIV preached, “Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will […]
- Supreme Court strikes down Colorado conversion therapy ban (Religion Clause)In an 8-1 decision, the United States Supreme Court struck down the State of Colorado’s ban on attempts by licensed counselors to change the perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of minors. “The First Amendment is no word game,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in his majority opinion. “And the rights it protects cannot be renamed […]
- Ukrainian Catholic leader marks 15th anniversary of enthronement (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk marked the fifteenth anniversary of his enthronement as head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The prayer service took place on March 29 in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv. The apostolic nuncio, as well as representatives of the Latin-rite Ukrainian hierarchy and the Orthodox Church of […]
- Vatican diplomat praises EU for response to Ukrainian refugees (Holy See Mission)Addressing a UN meeting on refugees in Europe, a Vatican diplomat praised the European Union for extending until March 2027 its temporary protection of Ukrainian refugees. “Becoming a refugee is never a choice,” said Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, apostolic nuncio and Permanent Observer to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland. “The right […]