Catholic healthcare Archives

Kenya to demolish Catholic hospital to reclaim forest land

Jun 30, 2020

St. Mary’s Mission Hospital is one of the structures marked for demolition in a Kenyan government move to repossess illegally acquired Ngong forest land.

By Fredrick Nzwili, CNS

Final HHS rule helps ‘restore rights of health care providers,’ say bishops

Jun 13, 2020

The chairmen of three U.S. bishops’ committees welcomed a final rule implemented by the Trump administration June 12 to restore “the long-standing position of the federal government that discrimination on the basis of ‘sex’ means just that and does not refer to ‘termination of pregnancy’ nor ‘gender identity.'”

By Julie Asher

Staff working hard to protect seniors at Catholic nursing homes during pandemic

Jun 8, 2020

Since 2006, Thomas Blonski has been president and chief executive officer of Catholic Charities New Hampshire, one of the state’s largest social services organizations. He is working to protect seniors at Catholic Charities-run care facilities.

By Charles C. Camosy

In southern Nigeria, nuns put TB, leprosy patients on road to recovery

May 12, 2020

Nigeria has seen an increase in the rates of tuberculosis and Hansen’s disease. Late diagnosis and lack of effective tools for prevention and treatment have contributed to the lack of an effective model to predict their spread.

By Valentine Iwenwanne

Houston Catholic care center staff stays vigilant in helping seniors

May 11, 2020

Life goes on for elderly residents at St. Dominic Village in Houston even amid the current pandemic.

By James Ramos

COVID-19 gives new urgency to plans to modernize Catholic healthcare in Brazil

Apr 20, 2020

Although they have a centuries-long presence in Brazil, many Catholic hospitals have been struggling in recent years with financial problems and poor infrastructure. The COVID-19 pandemic came as many Catholic medical institutions were in the middle of a modernization program

By Eduardo Campos Lima