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
- Virginia bishop instructs faithful to avoid SSPX activities (Diocese of Arlington)The bishop of Arlington, Virginia, instructed the faithful to “avoid participating in the activities of the SSPX.” “I encourage any persons locally who have been attached to the SSPX and who desire the spiritual nourishment of the Church and the Extraordinary Form of the Mass to become active in any one of the eight locations […]
- Bishop Paprocki assesses revisions to Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People (Pillar)The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ canonical affairs committee discussed the bishops’ recent revisions to the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, said that “in the Charter revision process, the feedback we were getting was not to make any major revisions, that what we have has […]
- Latin American, Caribbean dioceses advocate against mining abuses (Fides)Fides News Agency, the agency of the Pontifical Mission Societies, reported on recent efforts by Latin American and Caribbean dioceses to advocate for communities adversely affected by mining. “Our only concern is to safeguard the life of every human being,” said Bishop Rafael Valdivieso of Chitré, Panama. “Anything that endangers human health and life represents […]
- US sanctions are harming the Church in Cuba, Jesuit argues (RNS)The former president of Fairfield University in Connecticut argued in an op-ed that U.S. sanctions against Cuba are harming the Church there. Father Jeffrey von Arx, S.J., wrote that “while there is growing awareness of the severe humanitarian crisis in Cuba, in large measure brought on by the U.S. fuel blockade, few are paying attention […]