I am so upset about my son. He is a good-looking boy but he weighs about 250 pounds and is only 5 feet 5 inches tall. He can’t keep his weight down and he always wants food. It’s almost as though he is addicted. If he doesn’t have it, he starts to act crazy. Can you please help my family?
The Supreme Court ordered the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its previous ruling and review whether the University of Notre Dame must pay for coverage of contraceptives in health insurance plans.
A three-judge panel’s Feb. 11 ruling on a court challenge to the contraceptive mandate “says that the church is no longer free to practice what we preach,” Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik said.
by Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. Occasionally we hear disturbing stories in the media about young people who perpetrate abuse against the elderly. In a widely reported 2009 story, for example, caretakers at the Quadrangle Assisted Living facility outside Philadelphia were charged in connection with the abuse of an elderly patient named Lois McCallister. Three employees, aged […]
Dear Dr. Garner,A few years ago you answered a question about pets and the health benefits of being a pet owner. I live in an apartment that is very small and not suitable for a dog. I was thinking of tropical fish. Are there similar benefits to tropical fish as pets? Thank you and Merry […]
Dear Dr. Garner, Last week, I was doing my usual chores in the house when I noticed spots floating in front of my eyes. It almost looked like insects. I became very scared and called my doctor who told me these are “floaters.” He asked me to come to the office to be checked out. […]
DENVER (CNS) – Speaking on the steps of a federal courthouse in Denver Dec. 8, the mother provincial of the Little Sisters of the Poor said the religious order cannot and “should not have to” choose between “our care for the elderly poor and our faith.” Sister Loraine Marie Maguire said that is what the […]
Dear Editor: I would caution church officials when standing on church stairs at the invitation of New York City politicians to announce such newly introduced legislation as that affecting undocumented people in our City. Apart from the divisiveness of this issue, the City has enacted a bill which does nothing more than abrogate and stand […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, In 1925, Pope Pius XI established a new feast to end the liturgical year, the Feast of Christ the King. That time in history had seen the rise of the totalitarian systems, such as communism and socialism, which infringed on the free practice of the faith. Because […]
As the continuing care community of the Archdiocese of New York, ArchCare provides nearly 6,000 aging and disabled people each day with the healthcare and other support they need to stay healthy and live safely where they are most comfortable. Just a few years ago, nearly all these people lived in nursing homes. Today, the […]
