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
- 10,000 pro-lifers fill London's streets at March for Life (Catholic Herald)A record 15 bishops joined the estimated 10,000 participants in the March for Life UK on September 5. “We want to say today that human life matters, that every life matters, from first moments of conception to natural death, and we’re doing that joyfully, with great confidence and with great love,” said Archbishop John Wilson […]
- Lay pastoral coordinator murdered in Philippines (Fides)A lay pastoral coordinator of a Philippine parish was murdered on August 31. Eduardo Balindres was shot multiple times by unknown assailants in Matalam (map), which is located in a region where both Islamist and Communist rebels have been active. Bishop José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo of Kidapawan condemned the murder, warned against revenge, and said […]
- Indonesia's bishops rue corruption (L'Osservatore Romano (Italian))Amid anti-corruption protests in Indonesia, bishops and priests have spoken of the need for the Church to assume a prophetic but apolitical role. The bishops’ “concerns include corruption, inequality, and the fragility of public ethics, the deterioration of the quality of democracy, and the risk that public policies may be oriented more toward the interests […]
- USCCB publishes brief text on AI (USCCB)The U.S. bishops’ conference published a one-page document, “10 Essential Steps for Keeping Artificial Intelligence at the Service of Humanity,” on September 3. The steps include “Safeguard the Inherent Dignity of All Human Life,” “Protect Children and the Vulnerable,” and “Promote the Dignity of Work.”