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Amy Grant out of hospital, postponing August tour dates
By Adelle M. Banks — July 29, 2022
(RNS) — 'Due to the doctor’s orders she has had to postpone her upcoming August concerts,' said a spokeswoman for the contemporary Christian musician.
Amy Grant hospitalized ‘for observation and treatment’ after bike accident
By Adelle M. Banks — July 28, 2022
(RNS) — The accident, less than a week after Grant was named one of this year’s five Kennedy Center Honors recipients, occurred on Wednesday.
Plaintiffs propose replacing Bible with Book of Faith
By Associated Press — July 28, 2021
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Government lawyers argued the lawsuit should be dismissed because the lead plaintiff acknowledged he wasn’t offended by the display.
Pope Francis returns to Vatican 10 days after surgery
By Nicole Winfield, Domenico Stinellis, and Gianfranco Stara — July 14, 2021
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was discharged from a Rome hospital and returned home to the Vatican on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing surgery.
Vatican: Pope to deliver Sunday blessing from Rome hospital
By Nicole Winfield — July 9, 2021
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is walking, working and has celebrated Mass at a Rome hospital where he also will deliver his weekly Sunday blessing.
Surgeon who recites Bible and Quran to patients wins UN award
By Bob Smietana — October 5, 2018
(RNS) — Inspired by his faith, this surgeon has spent more than two decades working to save the lives of people fleeing war and persecution in Sudan and South Sudan.
You can push for public displays of the Bible. Better yet, read it.
By Tom Krattenmaker — April 26, 2018
(RNS) — Our rampant biblical illiteracy helps explain why those most passionate about pushing the Bible in settings of dubious appropriateness (like a Navy hospital in Japan) often press their case in deeply unbiblical ways. (Commentary)
Vatican court convicts ex-hospital chief in housing scandal
By Nicole Winfield — October 14, 2017
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican court on Saturday (Oct. 14) convicted the former president of the pope’s children’s hospital of diverting some $500,000 in donations to renovate a cardinal’s flat and gave him a one-year suspended sentence. RELATED: Vatican acknowledges past problems at ‘pope’s hospital’ The original charges against ex-hospital president Giuseppe Profiti had […]
Vatican acknowledges past problems at ‘pope’s hospital’
By Jerome Socolovsky — July 5, 2017
VATICAN CITY (AP) An Associated Press investigation that found that under the hospital's previous administration, its mission had shifted to focus more on profits than on its young patients.
US top court takes Christian-affiliated hospital pension case
By RNS staff — December 4, 2016
(Reuters) The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear appeals by Christian-affiliated hospital systems of lower court rulings that gave the green light to employee lawsuits accusing them of wrongly claiming a religious exemption from federal pension law.
Doctors at Catholic hospitals may be unable to refer women for services
By RNS staff — August 16, 2016
(Reuters Health) According to interviews with U.S. physicians, some Roman Catholic hospitals not only refuse to provide some women’s health services such as abortion, but may also prevent doctors from referring women to facilities that would provide them.
Pope administers ‘kindness therapy’ at Mexican children’s hospital
By Tim MacGabhann — February 15, 2016
MEXICO CITY (RNS) He gave a polio vaccine to a small boy and was serenaded with a version of “Ave Maria” sung by a 15-year-old cancer patient.
Where clergy need to tread: Helping make end-of-life medical choices (COMMENTARY)
By A. James Rudin — September 29, 2015
(RNS) Even a perfunctory visit to a hospital ward, ER, home for the aged, hospice or medical clinic brings a clergyperson face-to-face with the staggering ethical problems our health care system is creating.
Chaplains help others grieve, but learn to grieve themselves
By Adelle M. Banks — February 5, 2014
(RNS) This often-unspoken need is now being addressed across the country, with new training and a greater emphasis on mentoring.
Workers at religious institutions fear future of pensions
By Tracy Gordon — January 24, 2012
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (RNS) Tens of thousands of current and former employees at scores of religiously affiliated institutions across the country are worried as nonprofits increasingly seek refuge in "church" pension plans to escape onerous financial obligations. By Tom Haydon. 800. With photo.
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