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
- Milwaukee parish vandalized (Marquette Tribune)The Church of the Gesu, a Jesuit parish that serves the Marquette University community, was vandalized on March 18. “Most of the damaged items were from the 1960s and 1970s, aside from a statue of St. Anne which is over a century old,” according to a local media report. The church’s pastor, Father Michael Simone, […]
- Our people are dying, Nigerian bishops tell the Pope (EWTN News)In a series of recent ad limina visits, Nigerian bishops spoke with Pope Leo about the conditions Christians face in Africa’s most populous nation. “We discussed with him the violence, the insurgencies, and the difficulties we face as apostles on the ground,” said Archbishop Matthew Ndagoso, who leads Nigeria’s episcopal conference. The issue of violence […]
- Termite company to pay $25.8M to Alabama archdiocese (Alabama Media Group)The American Arbitration Association awarded $25.8 million to the Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama, after ruling that the termite company Terminix “engaged in fraudulent concealment and intentional misconduct in its termite services provided to Catholic institutions.” Termite damage led to the partial closing of the archdiocese’s cathedral in April 2025.
- Cesar Chavez Mass canceled in Los Angeles archdiocese following abuse allegations (EWTN News)The Archdiocese of Los Angeles cancelled its annual Mass celebrating Cesar Chavez’s legacy following the publication of a New York Times investigation into allegations that he sexually abused girls. “The Chavez family informed the archdiocese that they had decided not to move forward with having a Mass this year,” an archdiocesan spokeswoman said.