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
- Archbishop Coakley calls for simpler presentation of synodality (CNS)Following a recent synodal planning meeting in Rome, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called for a simpler presentation of synodality. “Synodality is often presented and perceived by many as a cumbersome and complicated process with language and terminology that is unfamiliar to most Catholics,” said Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma […]
- US State Department demands release of detained Nicaraguan bishop (Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs)The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs called for the release of Bishop Abelardo Mata, 80, following his detention by the Nicaraguan regime. “We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Nicaraguan Bishop Abelardo Mata who has been arbitrarily detained by the Murillo-Ortega dictatorship,” the Bureau stated. “80-year old Bishop Mata poses no […]
- Texas bishop: SSPX schism an 'occasion of mourning' (Diocese of San Angelo)Bishop Michael Sis of San Angelo, Texas, described the ordination of four SSPX bishops without a papal mandate as “ a serious rupture to the unity of the Church” and “an occasion of mourning and sadness even in our diocese in West Texas.” Bishop Sis encouraged Catholics who wish to attend the traditional Latin Mass […]
- Planned Parenthood to receive Medicaid funds again as defunding provision expires (OSV News)A one-year federal ban on Medicaid funding for abortion providers expired on July 4, paving the way for Planned Parenthood to receive Medicaid funds again. “We are urging the House and the Senate to pass a reconciliation bill that keeps our Medicaid dollars out of the hands of big abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood,” said […]