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
- English bishop seeks dismissal of rape charges (The Tablet)At a court hearing yesterday, Bishop David Oakley of Northampton sought the dismissal of rape charges. A new court hearing has been scheduled for January. The prelate has been charged with two counts of rape of a girl under 16; the rapes allegedly took place in the early 2000s, when the prelate was a parish […]
- WCC leader calls for healing, reconciliation in Korea (World Council of Churches)The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, a fellowship of 350 Protestant and Orthodox communities, addressed an ecumenical peace convocation in Seoul and called for healing and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula. “Too many lives continue to be diminished by war, poverty, displacement, environmental destruction, and fear,” Rev. Jerry Pillay said in a […]
- Pope declares Guadalupan Jubilee Year; plenary indulgence for pilgrims (Desde la fe)Pope Leo XIV has declared a Guadalupan Jubilee Year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the dedication on the new Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The jubilee year begins on October 12 and concludes exactly one year later. Pilgrims who visit the basilica, pray the Our Father and the Creed, and […]
- English prelates urge action ahead of assisted suicide vote (CBCEW)Archbishop John Sherrington, the Lead Bishop for Life Issues of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, urged the faithful to contact members of Parliament ahead of a vote on assisted suicide legislation. “This is a really urgent matter,” said Archbishop Sherrington. “I’m concerned about vulnerable people, those who are living with disability who […]