Catholic Health World Articles

October 2026
Rebecca Freeman talks about providing holistic care at a senior forum at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Placentia, California. Freeman is a diocese coordinator of Caring for the Whole Person, an initiative

Assisted-suicide opponents can learn from the experience of a California Catholic coalition, one of its leaders says

JULIE MINDA
Pope Leo XIV and clergy walk past a portrait at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France, during a September visit.

As assisted suicide laws spread, opponents should promote holistic end-of-life care as an alternative, experts say

JULIE MINDA

Madison Marie Henderson cradles her newborn, Marie Sterling Ann Martin, at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola, Florida.

Ascension Sacred Heart staff gave terminally ill mom precious time with newborn daughter

JULIE MINDA
Rosalind French, left, and her buddy, Pamela Bradley, complete a craft together during a gathering of the SSM Health Visit-A-Bit Program based in St. Louis.

Healing power of presence: SSM Health’s Visit-A-Bit Program offers companionship to counter loneliness and isolation

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN

Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller visits and blesses patients and visitors at CHRISTUS Children's in San Antonio

CHRISTUS-run clinic on Catholic Charities San Antonio campus provides medical home to vulnerable kids

JULIE MINDA

Mercy and partner reveal new details on large-scale, 30-year healthcare build-out in Northwest Arkansas

Pathologist's $3 million gift secures future of PeaceHealth mentorship program

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN

Care Base, CommonSpirit's virtual care hub, stretches services across 19 states

LISA EISENHAUER

Mercy executive explains how AI imaging tool is improving access and outcomes

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN

CHRISTUS brings mobile sports medicine units to Northeast Texas sidelines

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN
Kevin Martin, a client of Everyone Village, in front of the village kitchen.

PeaceHealth partners with tiny home village to provide respite housing for discharged patients in Western Oregon

JULIE MINDA

CHA has developed a Protect What’s Precious Toolkit with informational and social media resources related to the Medicaid changes. The resources are available on the CHA website.

Funding cuts and Medicaid changes already taking toll, Catholic healthcare providers say

LISA EISENHAUER

Mercy health system is partnering with the Alice L. Walton Foundation and others to build out healthcare services in Northwest Arkansas.

Catholic health sciences school in Iowa sets enrollment records amid campus expansion

Initiative supported by Catholic Charities, health systems shows power of housing as healthcare

VALERIE SCHREMP HAHN

Through pilgrimages, ministry leaders connect anew with their systems' foundations and legacy

JULIE MINDA
Fr. Greg Friedman, OFM, leads program attendees on a walking tour of Assisi in central Italy.

During annual pilgrimage to Italy, ministry executives deepen their understanding of their call to lead in Catholic healthcare

JULIE MINDA

Essentia Health agrees to merger, says Catholic hospitals will retain religious affiliation
Pittsburgh Mercy, a member of Trinity Health, in September opened a $22.2 million housing development called Uptown Flats in Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Mercy, partners open supportive housing development in Uptown Pittsburgh
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