Catholic hospitals Archives

Thai woman calls Pope “Superman” for helping people

Pope in Thailand and Japan
Nov 21, 2019

During a visit to the St. Louis Hospital, the largest Catholic healthcare facility in Thailand, Pope Francis said that those who suffer an illness are allowed to cry out in pain, as Christ himself did, while at the same time praying for the comforting and helping hand that reveals the presence of God who is always there.

Judge rejects requiring doctors to perform transition surgery, abortions

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 24, 2019

By annulling an Obama administration requirement that doctors perform gender transition procedures or treatments, as well as abortions, a federal judge in Texas has upheld the conscience rights of medical professionals across the nation, said a lawyer for plaintiffs in the case.

Transgender man can sue Catholic hospital over hysterectomy

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 19, 2019

A California transgender man can go ahead with a discrimination lawsuit against a Catholic hospital that canceled his hysterectomy, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Firing of doctor at Catholic hospital sets off fight over assisted suicide law

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 5, 2019

The firing of a Colorado doctor who wanted to prescribe life-ending drugs to a man suffering from incurable cancer has touched off a legal battle testing the state’s medically assisted suicide law.

Former hospital nuns committed to loving and serving

Associated Press, Church in the US
Jul 1, 2019

In Enid, Oklahoma’s not-too-distant past, a trip to the hospital could be as much a spiritual journey as a physical one, with nurses equally ready to tend to matters of medicine and faith.

Victoria bishops become ‘conscientious objectors’ to assisted suicide law

Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania
Jun 18, 2019

As euthanasia becomes legal in Australia’s Victoria state, its bishops said Catholic health care services will not cooperate with the facilitation of suicide.