Children in the U.S. have a 70 percent greater chance of dying before adulthood than in comparable nations. Guns, car accidents and lack of access to health care are to blame.
Health Care
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Infographics: Infant mortality, life expectancy and overdose deaths in the U.S.
Life expectancy has dropped in the U.S. for two consecutive years. Guns, drugs and car accidents are deadlier here than in peer nations.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic hospitals will continue treating LGBT patients under Trump’s new guidelines
Transgender patients “need to know they are welcome and they will not be looked down upon” if they come to Catholic institutions seeking treatment, says Sister Carol Keehan.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis visits children’s hospital on eve of the Epiphany
The pope greeted the children and “exchanged some words of comfort with the parents who are caring for their children in their tiring and painful trials.”
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Children’s health insurance deserves more than life support from Congress
The willingness to use CHIP as a bargaining tactic highlight the misplaced priorities of the current congressional leadership.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What’s the Catholic response to the opioid epidemic? Hope in action.
Hopelessness is one option. But it is not the Christian one.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
How a new Catholic resource is serving those living with H.I.V./AIDS in Britain
In our churches and parishes there can be an enforced invisibility for people living with H.I.V./AIDS. Myths, misunderstanding and prejudice still abound.
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Pope Francis to lawmakers: Protect all people with health care laws
The comments came as U.S. lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have been debating how to overhaul the nation’s health insurance laws.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: No to euthanasia, but we should not obstinately resist death
“There is no obligation to have recourse in all circumstances to every possible remedy” to keep a person alive.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Bishops (again) object to G.O.P. tax plan’s effects on the poor
“No tax reform proposal is acceptable that increases taxes for those living in poverty to help pay for benefits for wealthy citizens.”