The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:08:23 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Daily Mass cancelled at Ottawa Hospital /item/37173-ottawa-hospital-to-stop-offering-daily-mass /item/37173-ottawa-hospital-to-stop-offering-daily-mass

Catholics in the nation's capital region are worried that what began as a temporary suspension of daily Mass at The Ottawa Hospital, one of the cityöÏÓãÊÓƵapp prominent hospital centres, has become permanent.

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Canada Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:40:24 -0400
Hospitals see rise in moral distress /item/32319-hospitals-see-rise-in-moral-distress /item/32319-hospitals-see-rise-in-moral-distress

“I knew I had to quit when my 15-year-old daughter would say, ‘Mom, don’t go to work and cry again.’ â€

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 01 Nov 2020 07:00:00 -0500
Hard-hit Italian hospital has no more COVID-19 patients in intensive care /home/international/item/31856-hard-hit-italian-hospital-has-no-more-covid-19-patients-in-intensive-care /home/international/item/31856-hard-hit-italian-hospital-has-no-more-covid-19-patients-in-intensive-care

ROME -- Staff at the Pope John XXIII hospital in Bergamo -- once the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy -- announced they had no more patients with coronavirus in their intensive care unit.

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International Fri, 10 Jul 2020 17:09:56 -0400
St. JosephöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Health Centre declares COVID-19 outbreak /item/31458-st-joseph-s-health-centre-declares-covid-19-outbreak /item/31458-st-joseph-s-health-centre-declares-covid-19-outbreak

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared in the intensive care unit (ICU) at TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp St. JosephöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Health Centre. 

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Canada Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:14:15 -0400
On the virus frontlines: ‘Everyone is stressed’ /item/31387-on-the-virus-frontlines-everyone-is-stressed /item/31387-on-the-virus-frontlines-everyone-is-stressed

In hospital hallways, where the virus wages psychological warfare on doctors, nurses, cleaners and orderlies, hospital chaplain John Zamiska fears evil.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 03 Apr 2020 08:39:30 -0400
Investing in hospital ministry a wise – and healthy – choice /features/item/30658-investing-in-hospital-ministry-a-wise-and-healthy-choice /features/item/30658-investing-in-hospital-ministry-a-wise-and-healthy-choice

Hospital ministry is an extension of Jesus’ compassionate presence in our lives today.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Hamilton Fri, 08 Nov 2019 08:51:31 -0500
Canada falls short in palliative care access /item/28190-canada-falls-short-in-palliative-care-access /item/28190-canada-falls-short-in-palliative-care-access

A grim picture of Canadians dying amid the noise and bustle of hospital acute care wards, unable to access quality palliative care, emerges from the first-ever comprehensive, national assessment of palliative care by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:14:06 -0400
IrelandöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Sisters of Charity to give up three Dublin hospitals /home/international/item/25316-ireland-s-sisters-of-charity-to-give-up-three-dublin-hospitals /home/international/item/25316-ireland-s-sisters-of-charity-to-give-up-three-dublin-hospitals

DUBLIN, Ireland – Ireland's Sisters of Charity will end their management of three Dublin hospitals, the sisters have announced, saying they will hand over control to a group that will not follow Catholic medical ethics.

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cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) International Wed, 31 May 2017 09:50:00 -0400
Healing power comes in many forms /features/call-to-service/item/24766-healing-power-comes-in-many-forms /features/call-to-service/item/24766-healing-power-comes-in-many-forms

A Catholic deaconöÏÓãÊÓƵapp ministry is usually found in one of three areas: hospitals, missions and prisons. For me, the blessing is to minister to the sick, their families and caregivers at a major hospital.

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Call to Service Mon, 03 Apr 2017 04:59:00 -0400
Doctors, church leaders tell the horrors of life in Syria to Irish Parliament /home/international/item/23743-doctors-church-leaders-tell-the-horrors-of-life-in-syria-to-irish-parliament /home/international/item/23743-doctors-church-leaders-tell-the-horrors-of-life-in-syria-to-irish-parliament

DUBLIN – Fifty percent of Syria's hospitals and medical centers have been destroyed or looted and their staff kidnapped, tortured or slaughtered, a leading Syrian surgeon told members of the Irish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.

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International Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:00:00 -0500