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Pope Leo’s Dilexi Te – A Call to Action
December 15, 2025 9:59 pmBy Frederick Fakhrizadeh, M.D. Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation, Dilexi Te, challenges the faithful to approach and interact with the poor in a manner that embraces their dignity and calls us to personal encounter with the poor. This message is particularly urgent today, as global debates on poverty and inequality demand a response rooted in dignity and solidarity. To quote Pope Leo, “No Christian can regard the poor simply as a societal problem; they are part of our ‘family.’ They are ‘one of us.’ Nor can our relationship with the poor be reduced to merely another ecclesial activity or... View Article
A Farewell Message
December 11, 2025 6:44 pmDear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Members and Friends of the Catholic Medical Association, As my term as President of our beloved Catholic Medical Association comes to its appointed end, I write to you with a heart filled with gratitude, humility, and profound joy for the privilege of having served alongside you for the past two years. Together we have stood firm as joyful, faithful witnesses to the Gospel of Life in an age that desperately needs the healing presence of Christ the Divine Physician. We have defended the sanctity of every human life from conception to natural death; we... View Article
CMA Guilds Around the Country Celebrate White Mass
November 18, 2025 6:43 amThe annual White Mass, where health care professionals gathering to worship together, and often to renew their Hippocratic oath, took place around the county in the month of October, when the patron of medicine, St. Luke, is celebrated. What follow are highlights of some of the guild celebrations but is not a comprehensive list. For the Diocese of Corpus Christi, it was the first time the White Mass was celebrated since 2012. With the founding of the Catholic Physicians Guild of Corpus Christi, Guild President Sean Hutzler, M.D., FACEP, FAAEM,, said it was a priority to revive the tradition. Bishop... View Article
CMA Joins the Vatican and FIAMC to Discuss AI in Medicine
November 18, 2025 6:43 amThe vital question of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will affect the practice of medicine recently drew medical professionals, ethicists and clergy from around the world to Rome to attend the AI and Medicine International Congress, jointly sponsored by the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Life (PAL) and the Federation of International Catholic Medical Associations known as FIAMC. “The conference was an opening salvo in looking to better understand the dignity of man in light of this new technology,” said Dr. Craig Treptow, the North American Federation president of FIAMC and a CMA past president. “As Pope Francis wrote in Antiqua et Nova,... View Article
Celestial Medicine
November 17, 2025 6:42 amAfter being confronted by the leading Jews on the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem, Jesus said, “Scripture cannot be broken,” or set aside. In speaking of heaven, John the evangelist wrote, “Nothing unclean shall enter it.” (Rev 21:27) In other words, nothing impure can directly enter heaven. What does this exactly mean? Remember, Scripture cannot be broken or set aside. Are you completely clean? We are not talking about our bodies but our souls. I for one am not purified completely. I am working on this with the grace of God. Is there anyone who gets on your nerves,... View Article
Embers November 2025
November 17, 2025 6:42 amWe are nearing the end of the liturgical year with the celebration of the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe on November 23. Established in 1925 with the encyclical Quas primas, by Pope Pius XI to counter the rise of atheistic communism, the Holy Father stated: “He must reign in our minds, which should assent with perfect submission and firm belief to revealed truths and to the doctrines of Christ. He must reign in our wills, which should obey the laws and precepts of God. He must reign in our hearts, which should spurn natural desires and love God above... View Article
PA Leadership Collaborates with State Bishops’ Conference
November 17, 2025 6:42 amBy Jeffrey McGovern, MD, FCCP, FAASM Representatives from CMA Guilds in Pennsylvania met with leadership from the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference of Bishops to address the disturbing and radical House Bills emanating from the current legislature, mostly relating to an aggressive relaxation of abortion laws currently in effect. Eric Failing, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference of Bishops Physician leaders and guild representatives met with Eric Failing, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference of Bishops, on October 29. The Zoom meeting was arranged by Deacon Dr. Bruno Schettini, CMA Regional and State Director for Pennsylvania, and included Deacon Dr. Bruno... View Article
Moral Injury of a Practicing OBGYN
October 16, 2025 8:53 pmKarla Van Keulen, M.D. Photo by Chokniti Khongchum The cell phone goes off at 2:34 AM—an Emergency Room patient needs my assistance. She is a 22-year-old who is orthostatic, minimally responsive, and has heavy vaginal bleeding. I then find out that she had found an abortion pill online and taken it to terminate her pregnancy, which was her first, without having a medical evaluation. When I see the patient at 3:04 AM the operating team is enroute and blood products have been ordered. Then she is rushed to the operating room. She has an emergency dilation and curettage at 3:45... View Article
Catholic Social Teaching Highlighted at CMA’s Conference
October 16, 2025 8:53 pmBy Dr. Mary Keen Kirchoff The Catholic Medical Association’s 94th Annual Educational Conference last month featured a joint panel of physicians and lawyers to discuss the Church’s social doctrine. This joint gathering marked a significant milestone in fostering interdisciplinary collaboration among Catholic professionals. The integration of legal and medical perspectives enriched the dialogue, underscoring the shared commitment to upholding human dignity within the fields of healthcare and law. The panel discussion provided a unique opportunity for attendees to explore how the principles of Catholic social doctrine can be applied in both medical and legal contexts to address contemporary ethical challenges... View Article
Built to Coerce: Canada’s Living Laboratory of Euthanasia and the Call to Catholic Witness
October 15, 2025 4:47 pmBy Yuriko Ryan, DBe, MA, HEC-C One summer morning my husband and I stepped into a Catholic hospital through a main entrance we both knew well. It was where he was born, where he practiced almost daily as a family physician for 35 years, where we returned to countless specialist visits, outpatient appointments, palliative care meetings with dear friends, and the joy of welcoming babies in the maternity ward. For us, the hospital was a constant holy presence, an unwavering witness to the dignity of life. But this visit brought something unexpected into view. On the left wall, a... View Article