CCI provides answers on POLST

CCI provides answers on POLST

End-of-life issues can be difficult to consider and talk about. That's why the Catholic Conference of Illinois and the Illinois Catholic Health Association asked a Catholic ethicist to put together a question-and-answer sheet on Illinois' voluntary POLST...
CCI Radio Hour: Aug. 25, 2014

CCI Radio Hour: Aug. 25, 2014

Aug. 25, 2014 show Host Bob Gilligan leads off the show by talking with Bill O'Keefe of Catholic Relief Services about the agency's efforts to help persecuted Christians in Iraq. University of Notre Dame professors Nicole Garnett and Margaret Brinig then...
U.S. bishops give thumbs-down to revised HHS mandate accommodation

U.S. bishops give thumbs-down to revised HHS mandate accommodation

U.S. bishops today rejected a revised accommodation to the federal Health and Human Services mandate requiring employers to offer insurance coverage of abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives and sterilizations. Agency officials today announced that religious...

USCCB video puts face on unaccompanied minors crisis

When unaccompanied minors come to the United States, Catholic Charities and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Migration and Refugee Services Office step up to the plate to care for and place the children. This short, 5-minute video tells the story of two young men -- one from El Salvador, and the other from Sudan -- who are now living successfully in the United States.
CCI Radio Hour: July 21, 2014

CCI Radio Hour: July 21, 2014

July 21, 2014 show CCI Executive Director Bob Gilligan talks to Pastor Corey Brooks of New Beginnings Church in Chicago, who is seeking to end the gun violence in Chicago through his Project H.O.O.D. program (Helping Others Obtain Destiny) by calling for 5,000 men and...
CCI 'elated' with favorable ruling in Hobby Lobby case

CCI 'elated' with favorable ruling in Hobby Lobby case

CHICAGO  —  The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a 5-4 ruling in favor of the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties lawsuits against the mandate handed down by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requiring all employers to...