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
- Cameroon archbishop drafting catechism on peace following abductions of priests (Aid to the Church in Need)An archbishop in strife-torn Cameroon is drafting a catechism on peace, partly as a response to the abduction of priests. Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya described the situation in the Archdiocese of Bamenda, where some parishes and other Catholic institutions were temporarily closed because of the abductions. The separatists who abducted priests “were young people from […]
- Vatican dicastery highlights Church's charitable works in Cambodia (Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development)In a September 10 statement, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development highlighted charitable initiatives undertaken by the Church in Cambodia. “Separately and together, these pastoral projects have created an expression of concrete charity in which aid is transformed into education, training, work, autonomy, and participation,” the dicastery stated. “They model the accompaniment of vulnerable […]
- Coadjutor named for accused cardinal (Vatican Press Office)Pope Leo XIV appointed Msgr. León Dorado, O.M.I., apostolic prefect of the Western Sahara, as the coadjutor archbishop of Rabat, Morocco. He will succeed Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B., who is 74. Cardinal López Romero stepped back from his duties in July amid allegations that he sexually assaulted at least five women. The Pontiff then […]
- English bishops welcome defeat of assisted-suicide legislation (CBCEW)The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales welcomed the defeat of assisted-suicide legislation in a 286-270 vote. “I would like to express my gratitude to those MPs who voted against the Bill and the many people from across society who made their voices heard—doctors, legal professionals, disability groups, other faith communities and those of […]