ICHA Executive Director’s Report – June, 2020
RECENT ACTIVITIES The second quarter of 2020 has been dramatically affected and altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. All of ICHA’s Executive Director’s travel was suspended and, as a result, face-to-face meetings were cancelled. With these restrictions, ICHA...ICHA Executive Director’s Report – March, 2020
RECENT ACTIVITIES For the first quarter of 2020, ICHA’s Executive Director continued to meet individually with leadership and is responding to various challenges facing Catholic healthcare in Illinois. Most specifically is the COVID-19 virus Prior to the...
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- Jesuits pledged $100M to atone for taking part in slave trade; some descendants want a new deal (New York Times)“A simmering concern is whether the leaders [of the descendants’ organization] adequately reflected the voices and needs of the wider community in their negotiations with the Jesuits,” according to the report.
- Islamic State seeks revival in Christian countries (Wall Street Journal)“Islamic State’s little-known Central African Province has expanded so rapidly that the U.S. State Department last month imposed sanctions on the group and its leadership for the first time,” the Wall Street Journal reported. “ISIS is starting to target Christian-dominated countries, grafting onto Islamist terrorist groups.”
- Pope Francis applauds beatification of monks who died protecting the Eucharist (Catholic World Report)“In 1799, when French soldiers withdrawing from Naples sacked churches and monasteries, these meek disciples of Christ resisted with heroic courage, unto death, to defend the Eucharist from desecration,” the Pontiff said of the Cistercian martyrs of the Abbey of Casmari. “May their example spur us to a greater commitment of fidelity to God, even […]
- US bishops' pro-life committee chairman weighs in on chemical abortion pill policy change (USCCB)The Food and Drug Administration announced that an abortion pill will be available through the mail for the duration of the pandemic.