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Catholic hospital chain cuts official church ties
AP via SFGate ^ | 1/23/12

Posted on 01/23/2012 4:25:01 PM PST by SmithL

San Francisco, CA (AP) -- A major Catholic hospital chain has severed its official ties with the Roman Catholic Church as it seeks to maintain an unusual business model that includes both Catholic and non-Catholic hospitals.

Catholic Healthcare West said Monday that it also was changing its name to Dignity Health . . .

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: catholichealthcare; sanfranciscovalues

1 posted on 01/23/2012 4:25:12 PM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

‘cause you can’t serve both God and Mammmon!


2 posted on 01/23/2012 4:29:38 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (religion + guns = liberty.)
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To: SmithL

“When you make the choice, abort your fetus with Dignity.”


3 posted on 01/23/2012 4:30:08 PM PST by theDentist (FYBO/FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: SmithL

May God have mercy on their souls...


4 posted on 01/23/2012 4:32:42 PM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: SmithL

Nuns used to be a blessing to the Catholic Church. Today they are its biggest curse.


5 posted on 01/23/2012 4:39:30 PM PST by bwc2221
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To: SmithL

Many people denounced their Christianity to save their lives.

Are these present-day Pharisees like the previous counterparts were?


6 posted on 01/23/2012 4:41:47 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: the invisib1e hand; SmithL; Chode

Yea and they chose to serve Mammon!


7 posted on 01/23/2012 5:03:55 PM PST by Morgana (I only come here to see what happens next. It normally does.)
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To: Morgana
so long as they change their name, to hell with them...
8 posted on 01/23/2012 5:05:52 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: bwc2221

not the real ones. please.


9 posted on 01/23/2012 5:14:40 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (religion + guns = liberty.)
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To: Chode

Well, it’s kinda like STEALING 50 billion dollars. But....

QUOTE:

At the same time, the chain said its 25 Catholic hospitals would continue to follow the Vatican’s official healthcare guidelines, which include restrictions on abortion and birth control.

Its 15 non-Catholic hospitals will continue to follow the chain’s “Statement of Common Values,” which also limit abortion and fertility treatments.

UNQUOTE

On the third hand, this mean they’ll only gradually change their policies, drip by drip.


10 posted on 01/23/2012 5:45:43 PM PST by dangus
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To: dangus
i didn't read the article and if that's so, then yes it;s theft
11 posted on 01/23/2012 5:57:24 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: SumProVita
May God have mercy on their souls..."

Amen

12 posted on 01/23/2012 7:03:14 PM PST by Rashputin (Obama stark, raving, mad, and even his security people know it.)
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To: SmithL

Dignity makes me think of death.

Death with Dignity...


13 posted on 01/23/2012 7:10:32 PM PST by thecodont
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To: SmithL
I guess they need those Federal Funds more than they desire to continue to be known as a Catholic Hospital. But with the Federal Govt. so involved in healthcare reimbursements these days, it must be an impossible situation for them.

There needs to be a full house cleaning of these Federal Agencies, and Congress to stop this extortion of religious organizations.

14 posted on 01/23/2012 7:57:58 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: SmithL; Tzar; word_warrior_bob; risen_feenix; EnglishCon; Bill W was a conservative; verga; ...
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Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of general interest.


15 posted on 01/23/2012 8:02:23 PM PST by narses
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To: SmithL

“Dignity” is also the name of a pro-homosexual “Catholic” group. Given this is the SF Bay area, I’m sure this had something to do with the decision.


16 posted on 01/24/2012 9:36:15 AM PST by Antoninus (Mitt Romney -- attempting to execute a hostile take-over of the Republican Party.)
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