The recipient of welfare money has to work at a job, be actively seeking a job or take part in a job training program — and be able to document it — to receive the cash assistance. Those who don’t are at risk of having their funds cut off for months. For repeat offenders, it could be years.
Health and Wellness
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
English bishop cautions Catholics on care in state-funded hospitals
An English bishop warned Catholics to be alert to the possible deliberate killings of seriously ill patients in state-funded hospitals.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Suicide and abortion stem from the same lie: that some lives don’t matter.
Choosing death is choosing death, and that choice always comes from within a dark hole.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: ‘Hereditary’ is a harrowing look into mental illness and familial relationships
“Hereditary” is a tense and deeply sad horror film that asks incisive questions—and then makes the mistake of giving answers.
Posted inArts & Culture, Jesuitical
How living in L’Arche made Jeremy McLellan a better person (and funnier comedian)
This week, we talk to Catholic comedian, Jeremy McLellan.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
AMA delegates vote for continued review of assisted suicide policy
The American Medical Association House of Delegates voted 314-243 not to affirm the report of the organization’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs to maintain the AMA’s long-held opposition to assisted suicide.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Who deserves to be healthy? The prosperity gospel according to Goop
The prosperity gospel offers an enticing invitation: If you work hard enough, if you have enough faith, you’ll get there. All the good things in your life, you earned.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis wishes “father of liberation theology” happy birthday
Pope Francis wished a happy 90th birthday to the “father of liberation theology” and thanked him for his contributions to the Catholic Church and his love for the poor.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
We need a new pro-life movement built on social justice
By enrolling in a largely pro-choice public health program I was able to articulate a pro-life vision that I could truly believe in.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Why understanding despair must be a part of our health care system
Effective medical and public health interventions are necessary to solve diseases of despair.