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CMA Physician’s Dedication to the People of Uganda
July 7, 2025 5:42 pmBy Cindy Jones-Nosacek, M.D. Padibe, Uganda is a town in northern Uganda near South Sudan. Since 2018, my deacon husband and I have traveled there once or twice a year to be among the people. Fifteen years ago, Uganda saw the ending of a civil war that lasted 30 years. The area is still recovering Last year, we celebrated the 15th anniversary between Three Holy Women Parish in Milwaukee and the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Padibe. Not only was it attended by two of our previous committee chairs, my deacon husband, and myself, but also two archbishops, four... View Article
July 2025 Embers
July 5, 2025 5:43 pmThe month of July is dedicated to The Most Precious Blood of Jesus and this image depicts the angels collecting the blood from Jesus’ Crucifixion. Who can forget the scene in The Passion of the Christ of Pilate’s wife providing the cloths for Our Lady and Mary Magdalene to mop up Christ’s blood after the scourging? With so much unrest in the world as well as problems with our practices and possibly in our personal lives, we may be inclined to become discouraged. Therefore, the theme for this month is The Virtue of Hope. “The virtue of hope responds to the... View Article
Join CMA for the 94th Annual Educational Conference
July 5, 2025 5:43 pmBy Al Oliva, M.D. In approximately two months we will be meeting in Kansas City, MO for the 94th Annual Educational Conference of the Catholic Medical Association. This is a historic conference as it will be the first time that members of the Catholic Bar Association will join CMA for a combined White and Red Mass and participate in a joint panel discussion on Catholic Social Teaching. The theme is “Tradition: Ever Ancient, Ever New”. As the conference chair, I was tasked with selecting the theme, which I chose for several reasons. I have noticed over the 23 years I... View Article
A Practical Approach Toward a Culture of Catholic Primary Care
July 5, 2025 3:40 pmBy James O. Breen, M.D. How can Catholic physicians avoid getting caught up in the prevailing secularized medical culture, and instead practice in a way that is distinctively “Catholic”? Taking this idea a step further, how might we transform American medicine through the application of the Church’s social teaching to our daily practice? I have pondered these questions often over my twenty-odd years practicing family medicine. My reflections form the basis of “Benedict Medicine: Creating a Culture of Catholic Primary Care”, the plenary lecture I will present on Thursday, September 4th at the Catholic Medical Association’s Annual Educational Conference in... View Article
June 2025 Embers
July 1, 2025 1:43 pmThis year marks the 1700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council, the Council of Nicea (325 AD). The Nicene Creed, recited each Sunday at Mass all over the world, was the fruit of this council and it unifies, defines and proclaims the Catholic Faith in salvation through Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity. The Vatican issued this document, Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, to explain the importance of this Council. The image above is a fresco depicting the Council of Nicea, which resides in the Sistine Salon at the Vatican. Enlightening reads on the Creed include Praying with the Creed by Fr. Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R.... View Article
Finger Lakes Guild Taking Action Against NYS MAID ACT
June 12, 2025 6:47 pmBy Jean Baric-Parker, D.BE The Finger Lakes Guild (FLG) of the Diocese of Rochester, in upstate Western New York has undertaken significant efforts in recent days to oppose the passage of the Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) Act recently approved by both chambers of the New York State (NYS) Legislature. The bill awaits either a veto or approval signature by NYS Governor Kathleen Hochul. The New York State MAID Act would permit NY physicians to prescribe deadly self-administered medication to persons when: MAID is voluntarily requested, both verbally and in writing, and witnessed by two non-relatives who attest to the... View Article
CMA Releases Policy Recommendation Regarding Telemedicine Chemical Abortion
June 12, 2025 4:05 pmThe Catholic Medical Association (CMA) released its policy recommendations regarding administering chemical abortions through telemedicine, citing great ethical and medical concerns. “CMA has produced a statement that links scientific evidence to an ethical framework that is foundational to the moral practice of medicine,” said Dr. Greg F. Burke, the co-chair of CMA’s Ethics Committee, which put together the position paper. The Catholic Medical Association always opposes direct abortion, however these recommendations, “are presented to advocate for common sense changes at both the regulatory level and in the patient-provider setting, in order to ensure that women are given complete and unbiased... View Article
CMA Celebrates AMA’s Decision to Oppose PAS
June 10, 2025 9:42 pmCMA members played a key role in the American Medical Association’s (AMA) decision to continue to oppose physician assisted suicide (PAS) during its annual meeting in Chicago despite efforts to pressure the association to drop its longstanding opposition. “The role of CMA members and others who value ethical medicine in America is clearly evident in this victory,” said CMA President Dr. Michelle Stanford. “Similar advocacy efforts will continue with this, and other ethical issues related to health care in America. Our patients and those who care for them deserve no less.” CMA members, who are also AMA members, took an active... View Article
Come Holy Spirit
June 10, 2025 8:42 pmBy Fr. Christopher Kubat, M.D. It is no accident that Pentecost Sunday is followed by the Solemnities of the Most Holy Trinity and the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. For the disciples, the promised coming of the Holy Spirit was the game changer. Jesus said this about the Holy Spirit, “But I tell you the truth, it is better that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes he will convict the world in regard to sin... View Article
CMA Applauds Decision to Repeal Abortion Mandate in ER Rooms
June 3, 2025 7:44 pmPhiladelphia, Pa. – June 3, 2025 – The Catholic Medical Association (CMA) applauds the Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to repeal a Biden administration mandate that forced physicians to perform abortions in emergency rooms, and to again follow the EMTALA law itself, which protects both the mother and unborn child. In January of this year, CMA, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, filed a federal lawsuit, Catholic Medical Association v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. CMA’s complaint stated that the 2022 Biden abortion mandate is unlawful... View Article