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
- Ghana welcomes papal apology for slavery (BBC)Ghana welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s apology for the Holy See’s complicity in the slave trade. Ghana’s government stated that the apology “reinforces the growing global understanding that confronting historical injustices demands truth-telling and moral responsibility as essential foundations for justice and reconciliation,” the BBC reported. The statement came two months after the United Nations adopted […]
- Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space established inside Vietnamese cathedral (UCANews)A Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space was inaugurated inside Phú Cường Cathedral on May 8, sparking controversy among Vietnam’s Catholics. Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) was the founder of the Indochina Communist Party and the president of North Vietnam. The cathedral is located in the former South Vietnam, conquered by North Vietnam in 1975. Venerable Nguyễn […]
- Pope establishes commission to supervise hospital founded by Padre Pio (Vatican News)In a chirograph on May 27, Pope Leo XIV established a Steering and Supervisory Commission for the House for the Relief of Suffering, the hospital established in 1956 by St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Unions representing employees there announced a hunger strike earlier this month, with four non-negotiable demands: “guarantee of quality care for all patients […]
- Bishop, other Indonesian Catholics give Muslims sacrificial animals for festival (UCANews)Bishop Maksimus Regus of Labuan Bajo gave a sacrificial cow to the imam of the Al-Munawwarah Terang Grand Mosque as Muslims commemorated the festival of Eid al-Adha on May 27. “We bring a gift in the form of a sacrificial animal as a sign of brotherhood and support for Muslim families,” Bishop Regus said. The […]