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  • June 23, 2026
    'We did the right thing.' Emergency departments at Saint Peter's Healthcare train to help autistic patients and their caregivers

    Saint Peter’s University Hospital and Saint Peter’s Children’s Hospital in New Jersey offer sensory and communications tools to ease stress for everyone.

    Members of the child life team in the pediatric intensive care unit at Saint Peter’s Children’s Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, offer a patient a selection of sensory-friendly fidget toys
  • June 22, 2026
    After recovery from heart attack, CHRISTUS patient has become faithful volunteer

    Javier Pizana calls his role as a Eucharistic minister “the most important job that a man who is not a priest can have.”

    Javier Pizana holds his certificate for “graduating” from cardiac rehabilitation at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi — Shoreline in Texas. His experience at the hospital prompted him to become a volunteer.
  • June 22, 2026
    Historic cross moves to campus of Covenant Health senior ministry in Massachusetts

    Forty-foot icon had spent years on the roof of a Catholic hospital.

    Vicar General and Regional Bishop Robert F. Hennessey of the Merrimack Region of the Archdiocese of Boston joined others for a blessing of the relocated cross at Mary Immaculate Health/Care Services in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
  • June 22, 2026
    Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical illuminates how and why AI decision-makers must use ethical discernment

    Three ministry leaders say the document contains essential wisdom on using AI for good.

    In a screenshot from a video posted by Vatican News, Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence, the encyclical letter.
  • June 22, 2026
    Ministry leaders say encyclical on artificial intelligence provides valuable direction for Catholic healthcare systems

    Ministry systems already are exploring how best to educate people on the ideas and how to apply them.

  • June 16, 2026
    Catholic health ministry pushes to expand global WASH efforts

    Clean water is seen as a moral imperative in healthcare, and leaders at a Vatican-convened meeting urged stronger, more coordinated effort worldwide.

    Daughters of Charity, working with their technical partner, Water Engineers for the Americas & Africa, installed a public water tap in Iwaro Oka, Nigeria in 2022.
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