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
- Vatican diplomat on migration policy: Save lives, preserve family unity (Holy See Mission)Addressing a UN forum on migration, a Vatican diplomat said that the Holy See delegation wished to emphasize saving lives, preserving family unity, and protecting migrants from the dark side of technological innovations, including “cyber slavery.” Citing “serious concerns about the vulnerability of migrants along dangerous routes,” Msgr. Robert Murphy, Chargé d’Affaires of the Permanent […]
- USCCB pro-life chairman backs Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (USCCB)The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities lent his support to the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act and thanked the legislation’s sponsors, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). “We have consistently called for the separation of abortion from the Title X family planning program, but organizations like Planned […]
- Nuncio describes religious revival in Ukraine's war zones (National Catholic Register)Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, the apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, spoke with a Lithuanian Catholic magazine about a religious revival in war zones. “When you face eternity, forgiveness is the only thing you really need,” said Archbishop Kulbokas. “In Kherson, there are no unbelievers left,” and attendance at the Catholic parish has quintupled.
- EU bishops' commission issues reflection on mental health (COMECE)The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) published a 21-page reflection paper, “Mental Health in Europe: A Call for Care.” “Catholic teaching affirms the inherent dignity, unity, and relational nature of every human person,” COMECE stated. “Mental health is therefore understood not solely as a clinical issue, but as an expression […]