Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loosen the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? If you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the […]
By Tim Millea, M.D. – Chair, CMA Health Care Policy Committee Until several years ago, OB/GYN residents who sought training in induced abortion were allowed to “opt-in” if they wished that to be part of their training. However, in 2018, the residency curriculum changed significantly when the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) established […]
By 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 […]
The 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 […]
By 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 […]
The 94th Annual Educational Conference proved to be exactly what attendees have come to expect from CMA conferences: a time for enriching the mind, body and soul with outstanding presentations on timely topics, good conversations and many laughs, and spiritual renewal through daily Mass, eucharistic adoration and confession. This year’s conference, held in Kansas City, […]
By Tim Millea, M.D. The first six months of the Trump Administration have seen a flurry of activity on many fronts that are important to the Catholic Medical Association (CMA). Over the same period, CMA’s involvement in policy and legislative debates in many states has also been extensive. The members of the Health Care Policy […]
By Anthony 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 […]
The 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 […]
The Catholic Medical Association hosted Medcon 2025, a conference for Catholic pre-medical students discerning a career in medicine, one rooted in the teachings and ministry of Christ. The conference was held at the Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, a state-of-the-art medical school in downtown Wichita, Kansas April 25-27, 2025. The Church has often been described […]