Pro-life groups laud the passage of Senate Bill 5
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker Pro-life groups across Missouri lauded the passage of a bill they say will protect the health and safety of women and unborn...
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Partisan disagreement hobbles health care conversation
By Mark Pattison | Catholic News Service | twitter: @MeMarkPattison WASHINGTON — When the vice president has to cast a vote to break a tie in the Senate on whether to debate U.S. health care policy,...
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Bp. Dewane: Health care laws must begin and end with human person
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service | twitter: @carolmaczim WASHINGTON — Throughout the summer, while Congress was looking for ways to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Catholic bishops...
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Trump administration expands exemptions on contraceptive mandate
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Oct. 6 issued interim rules expanding the exemption to the contraceptive mandate for religious employers, such as the Little Sisters of the Poor, who object on...
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Groups settle in lawsuit against HHS contraceptive mandate
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service | twitter: @carolmaczim WASHINGTON — Dozens of Catholic groups that challenged the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act have reached a...
View ArticleHealth care law: uncertain outcome after multiple diagnoses
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service | twitter: @carolmaczim WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act — on the examination table since President Donald Trump came into office — has been poked,...
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Student-run health clinic fills critical need for foot care
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Rosie Booker took a bus, then walked to the Health Resource Center Foot Health Clinic at St. Anthony's Food Pantry in south St. Louis.She...
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Children’s health insurance program in jeopardy
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 The Missouri Catholic Conference is urging people to contact the state's U.S. senators and representatives to urge continued funding for...
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Finding a Cure for Carson
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker Carson Burroughs loves sports. Mention soccer or baseball, and the 7-year-old lights up with excitement."I swing the bat," Carson...
View ArticleAscension president/CEO helps meet global needs in Catholic health care
By Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @legacyCatholic In 1999, the Daughters of Charity National Health System and Sisters of St. Joseph Health System combined forces and sent a clear...
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Prayer, faith and good health
Mike Nelson | Catholic News Service Can prayer, faith and belief in God make you healthy — physically, as well as spiritually and emotionally? Yes, according to dozens of studies over the past 20...
View ArticleCity board of aldermen step closer to buffer zone bill
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker Two Missouri lawmakers have filed legislation that would pre-empt local governments from enacting laws restricting a person's...
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Cures without cloning
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker Father Tad Pacholczyk is convinced that embryonic stem cells will someday cure diseases."I often say to people the day is coming...
View ArticleBishops urge action on conscience protection for health care workers
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The chairmen of the U.S. bishops' pro-life and religious freedom committees have asked U.S. Catholics to contact members of Congress and urge them to enact the...
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Mass offers healing, hope for those diagnosed with breast cancer
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker Mary Callahan and her husband, Mike, and several other relatives came to the Mass seeking prayers of healing and support. In...
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