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At 79, famed SBC missionary surgeon Rebekah Naylor is about to retire. Again. But she’s not done yet

By Bob Smietana — June 30, 2023

(RNS) — In India, Naylor went from staff doctor to medical director to hospital CEO, treating thousands of patients and delivering a host of babies.

Bishops begin process that could ban gender-affirming care in Catholic hospitals

By Jack Jenkins — June 16, 2023

(RNS) — The vote doesn’t ban gender-affirming care outright but sets in motion a process that could end up barring the practice at Catholic health care facilities.

Anti-trans laws hurt children. Jesus had plenty to say about that.

By Candice Marie Benbow — April 18, 2023

(RNS) — We cannot call ourselves followers of the one who so boldly said ‘let the children come,’ when we pass laws that push them away.

Military hospital chided for shift in Catholic pastoral care

By David Crary — April 14, 2023

(AP) — Walter Reed said it notified the Franciscans in March that their contract would not be renewed, and that another bidder for the new contract had been selected — secular defense contractor Mack Global LLC.

Help! I have been replaced by an AI

By Thomas Reese — March 27, 2023

(RNS) — An artificially intelligent column on AI, by AI.

Bishops discourage Catholic health care groups from performing gender-affirming care

By Jack Jenkins — March 21, 2023

(RNS) — Opponents of the new ‘doctrinal note’ such as New Ways Ministry, a Catholic LGBTQ outreach organization, blasted the bishops’ statement as ‘neither good theology nor acceptable pastoral care.’

Catholic system pulls out of Connecticut hospital merger

By Associated Press — March 17, 2023

PUTNAM, Conn. (AP) — The proposed merger had raised concerns about the fate of reproductive health in the mostly rural region.

Psychedelic chaplains: In clinical trials, a new form of spiritual guide emerges

By Kathryn Post — December 13, 2022

(RNS) — Spiritual care practitioners are being trained to support patients undergoing psychedelic therapy in clinical trials and decriminalized settings.

How the threat of ‘taxpayer-funded abortion’ is being used to mobilize conservative religious voters

By Ruth Braunstein — October 26, 2022

(The Conversation) — In the midterms, some religious voters may be motivated by the argument that if abortion is funded with tax dollars, it makes them personally complicit in sin.

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