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by bcadmin | Sep 4, 2022 | Catholic Health Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Labor movements, News, Unions | 0 |
The number of Catholic institutions where at least some of its employees have union representation has grown to more than 600, according to the annual “Gaudium et Spes Labor Report” issued Aug. 24 by the Catholic Labor Network.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 13, 2022 | Archbishop Paul Coakley, Catholic Charities, Catholic Climate Covenant, Catholic Health Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Climate change, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Medicaid, News, Taxes | 0 |
Landmark legislation to address climate change, reduce prescription drug costs and establish a minimum tax on large corporations once thought dead but was suddenly passed by the Senate is being hailed by Catholic advocates.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 28, 2022 | Abortion, Affordable Care Act, Catholic Health Association, Church in the US, Department of Health and Human Services, lead, News, Transgender, USCCB | 0 |
Proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act that were announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on July 25 are “a violation of religious freedom and bad medicine,” according to multiple U.S. Bishops’ Conference chairmen.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 24, 2022 | Abortion rights, Associated Press, Catholic Health Association, Catholic hospitals, Church in the US, News, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops | 0 |
Even as numerous Republican-governed states push for sweeping bans on abortion, there is a coinciding surge of concern in some Democratic-led states that options for reproductive health care are dwindling.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 5, 2022 | archbishop bernard hebda, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Health Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Gun control, mass shooting, News | 0 |
Several U.S. bishops, women’s religious orders and Catholic organizations have called for stricter federal gun control measures, while state Catholic conferences have rallied behind local measures attempting to curb the spate of gun violence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 28, 2022 | Catholic Extension, Catholic Health Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Sister Carol Keehan | 0 |
Sister Carol Keehan, who led the Catholic Health Association of the United States for 13 years as president and CEO and was a longtime advocate of health care reform, received the Spirit of Francis Award from Catholic Extension.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 17, 2022 | Biden, Catholic Charities, Catholic Health Association, COVID-19 pandemic, federal budget, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The $1.5 trillion federal budget for fiscal year 2022 passed by Congress and signed into law March 15 by President Joe Biden includes increased funding for key programs that Catholic advocates say will benefit low-income families.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 16, 2021 | Affordable Care Act, Becket, Biden Administration, Catholic Health Association, Catholic hospitals, Catholic Medical Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Religious Freedom, Transgender | 0 |
Several Catholic hospitals, a Catholic university and Mercy sisters who run health clinics filed a challenge to a federal mandate for performing gender transition procedures with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit Dec. 15.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 2, 2021 | Abortion, Catholic Health Association, Catholic hospital in California, euthanasia, Hysterectomy, Mercy San Juan Medical Center, News, Picks, sterilization, Supreme Court, Transgender patient, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The Supreme Court Nov. 1 turned down an appeal from a Catholic hospital in California that was sued for refusing to perform a hysterectomy on a transgender patient.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 1, 2021 | Catholic Health Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, COVID-19 vaccine, Maine, News, Religious exemptions, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |
The Supreme Court is allowing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers in Maine to remain in effect, rejecting an emergency appeal from a group of the state’s health care workers seeking a religious exemption.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 18, 2021 | Catholic Charities, Catholic Health Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, moral theology, News, Religious exemptions | 0 |
President Joe Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for workplaces with more than 100 people on the payroll is rooted in existing law governing worker protections, said a trio of public health law experts.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 6, 2021 | Archdiocese of New York, Catholic Church, Catholic Health Association, Catholic Medical Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, National Catholic Bioethics Center, News, Religious exemptions, Vaccinations | 0 |
As some Catholics are seeking a religious exemption to the coronavirus vaccine mandates that are becoming more common in workplaces and even some public venues, priests in the Archdiocese of New York have been advised not to get involved in that process.
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