This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria talks with Dr. Wes Ely, whose research has focused on improving the care and outcomes of critically ill patients with I.C.U.-acquired brain disease.
Health Care
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A young Canadian woman is reconsidering medically assisted dying after a GoFundMe campaign
For a young woman with acute environmental hypersensitivity, applying to government authorities for assistance with dying has proved far easier than dealing with the housing bureaucracy.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Pope Francis praises Sister Carol Keehan—a key player in Obamacare passing—at award ceremony
Carol Keehan, D.C., the former head of the Catholic Health Association who was credited with helping pass the Affordable Care Act in 2010, was recognized with the Spirit of Francis Award from Catholic Extension.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Catholic hospitals, religious freedom and reaching across the aisle: A dialogue between a priest and an A.C.L.U. director
Catholic health care ministries are at odds with the American Civil Liberties Union on many issues. But are there areas where the two can agree—or collaborate?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Heaven, hell and a baptism in the NICU
I did not expect that the first time I administered the sacrament of baptism would be at 2 a.m. in a hospital. And I could not have guessed it to have happened at the intersection of my vocations as both a Jesuit and a nurse.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Dr. Fauci’s Catholic upbringing prepared him to fight against the AIDS crisis
Dr. Anthony Fauci shares how his Jesuit education shaped his response to the AIDS crisis—and how others in the church failed to meet the moment.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
New federal rules on abortion, transgender services may pose ‘existential threat’ to Catholic hospitals
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services may soon announce new regulations that would pose an existential threat to religious-based employers including Catholic hospitals.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
We must not let health care become a religion-free zone
In recent years, a new kind of hostility has developed toward any hint of faith in the practice of health care. But the idea that health care must be a religion-free zone is absolutely bizarre.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Nearly 2 billion people can’t count on clean water at hospitals. The Catholic Church can help.
Sister Adela Orea finally got a clean water source for her hospital in Chiapas, Mexico. But should it take a tenacious sister and years of persistence for a health care facility to get safe water?
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Remembering Dr. Paul Farmer, a Catholic who wanted to cure the world
Dr. Paul Farmer believed the poorest of the poor in places like Haiti and Rwanda deserved high-quality medical care—and dedicated his life to delivering it.