Education is key to empowering women, says Ghanaian nun-doctor

Equal access to education is the only means by which women can get into and sustain leadership positions in society, said a Ghanaian nun and medical doctor. Speaking in advance of International Women’s Day, 8th March, Sr Lucy Hometowu, superior general of the Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church, said “women need to be empowered to have access to health, education, economic opportunities and be free... Read More

News – World

doctor, education, empowering, Ghanaian, nun, nun-doctor, Sr Lucy Hometowu, women

February 28, 2021

Pope chooses gerontologist as his personal physician

Pope Francis, 84, has chosen a specialist in internal medicine and gerontology to be his new personal physician, the Vatican said. Dr Roberto Bernabei, 69, is a professor of internal medicine at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and director of the Department of Aging, Orthopedics and Rehabilitative Medicine at Rome’s Gemelli hospital. He is a... Read More

News – Vatican

doctor, Dr Bernabei, Dr Roberto Bernabei, Pope, Pope Francis

January 28, 2021

Pope attends funeral of his personal physician

Seated before a coffin covered with flowers, Pope Francis attended the funeral of his personal physician, Dr Fabrizi Soccorsi, on 26th January. The funeral Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, at the Church of Santa Maria Regina della Famiglia, which is in the Governor’s Palace inside Vatican City. Soccorsi, 78, had been admitted to Rome’s... Read More

News – Vatican

doctor, funeral, physician, Pope, Pope Francis

January 12, 2021

Pope’s doctor dies of Covid-19 complications

Pope Francis’ personal doctor has died of complications caused by Covid-19. Fabrizio Soccorsi, 78, had been admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on 26th December because of cancer, according to the Italian Catholic agency SIR. However, he died on 9th January because of “pulmonary complications” caused by Covid-19, the agency said, without providing further details. Soccorsi had been the pope’s personal physician since... Read More

News – Vatican

COVID-19, died, dies, doctor, Fabrizio Soccorsi, Pope, Pope Francis, Soccorsi

November 25, 2020

Doctor survey reveals abortion’s true horror

A new study published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, based on interviews with doctors carrying out abortions in Ireland, makes for truly devastating reading, according to the Pro Life Campaign. The study confirms that under Ireland’s new abortion law, unborn babies are sometimes born alive after botched abortions and left to die.... Read More

News – UK and Ireland

Abortion, doctor, doctors, horror, Pro Life Campaign, survey

September 19, 2020

Congolese bishops back protection for doctor who works with rape victims

Congolese bishops are expressing solidarity with Denis Mukwege, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning gynecologist who has received death threats over his continued call for justice and accountability over war crimes. The doctor – who shared the 2018 prize with victims of sexual violence in Congo – has been repairing women torn apart by rape in the... Read More

News – World

bishops, Congo, Congolese, Denis Mukwege, doctor, protection

June 24, 2020

Venezuelan doctor, set for beatification, bought medicine for patients

Dr Jose Gregorio Hernandez was known for treating hundreds of poor patients for free, and he spent the last years of his life helping Venezuelans fight illness during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. The Venezuelan doctor – who has been approved for beatification, a step toward sainthood – also tried to become a priest on... Read More

News – World

Andes, beatification, Colombia, doctor, Dr Jose Gregorio Hernandez, Dr Leopoldo Briceno, Fr Gerardino Barachini, Italy, medicine, pandemic, Paris, patients, poor, sainthood, Spanish flu, Spanish flu pandemic, Venezuela, Venezuelan, Venezuelans

May 4, 2020

An Irish Dominican brother who trained as a doctor is back treating patients with Covid-19

Br Chris Gault, who has been studying for the priesthood with the Dominicans, has returned to his native Belfast, Northern Ireland, and donned surgical scrubs to be part of the fight against the virus in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital where he once served. He graduated from Queen’s University in 2013 and completed foundation training as... Read More

News – UK and Ireland

Belfast, Br Chris Gault, brother, COVID-19, doctor, Dominican, dublin, Irish, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, patients, treating

April 11, 2019

Catholic doctor gives medical view of Christ’s Passion, Crucifixion

Jesus likely died from excessive blood loss, a Catholic surgeon said during a talk that examined the 18 hours of Christ’s Passion and Crucifixion from a medical perspective. “Christ emptied himself,” Dr. Timothy Millea told about 100 people at his home parish of St Paul the Apostle in Davenport, Iowa, on 4th April. “As a... Read More

Catholic Times, News – World

catholic, Christ, crucifixion, doctor, medical, passion

THE NEWS SITE YOU’LL HAVE FAITH IN

Education is key to empowering women, says Ghanaian nun-doctor

Pope chooses gerontologist as his personal physician

Pope attends funeral of his personal physician

Pope’s doctor dies of Covid-19 complications

Doctor survey reveals abortion’s true horror

Congolese bishops back protection for doctor who works with rape victims

Venezuelan doctor, set for beatification, bought medicine for patients

An Irish Dominican brother who trained as a doctor is back treating patients with Covid-19

Some Chinese churches suspend activities because of coronavirus

Catholic doctor gives medical view of Christ’s Passion, Crucifixion

MOST READ THIS WEEK

Social Network

CULTURE:

EDUCATION:

TRAVEL: