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
- USCCB publishes 'The Two Feet of Love in Action' (USCCB)The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has published a brief resource, “The Two Feet of Love in Action.” The bishops’ conference explained that the two feet are “two distinct, but complementary, ways we can put the Gospel in action in response to God’s love: social justice (addressing systemic, root causes of problems that […]
- Archbishop Caccia criticizes UN declaration on slavery, defends papal record (Pillar)Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the new apostolic nuncio to the United States, criticized a new UN declaration on slavery for its “partial narrative, which, regrettably, does not serve the cause of truth.” “As early as 1435, Pope Eugene IV condemned the enslavement of the inhabitants of the Canary Islands and excommunicated those who refused to free […]
- Pope encourages Illinois municipal leaders to serve others, listen to the poor (Dicastery for Communication)Pope Leo XIV received members of the Illinois Municipal League and encouraged them to serve others as Christ did. “The victory born of Christ’s gift-of-self stands as both a beacon and a challenge for all of us today,” Pope Leo said during the audience, which took place on March 30 in Clementine Hall of the […]
- Pope pays tribute to the Benedictine charism (Dicastery for Communication)Pope Leo XIV received monks and nuns from three Italian Benedictine communities on March 30 and reflected on the Benedictine charism, emphasizing lectio divina, community life, and intercession, as well as ongoing formation. “In identifying ‘the instruments of good works,’ Saint Benedict, in Chapter IV of the Rule, urges us to ‘keep guard over one’s […]