Bishops promote ongoing dialogue with health ministry

Catholic bishops joined Catholic health care leaders in frank, structured conversations here during a program that also featured theologians and experts in Catholic canon law.

Weekly reflection time helps palliative care staff avoid emotional exhaustion

As caregivers to patients with chronic or end-stage illnesses and their families, they daily help people who may be debilitated by pain or anxiety navigate advanced care planning, end-of-life decision making and all the complex feelings that come with these choices.

Laurel House to provide safe shelter for homeless seniors

Emergency shelters are typically not set up to meet the needs of older adults. They tend to be noisy places, full of young families and utterly lacking in privacy.

Mercy assumes operational control of Carthage, Mo., hospital

Mercy health system of Chesterfield, Mo., is now operating a southwest Missouri community hospital under a 50-year lease agreement that the system said enables it to improve health care access in a region heavily impacted by a May tornado.