Media Appearances
Publications
National Catholic Register features Christ Medicus in recent Election Article: Presidential Candidates Clash on Racial Justice
"Donald Trump and Joe Biden hold different policies on race; Catholics weigh in as Election Day looms." Originally Appears in the National Catholic Register Below is an excerpt from Presidential Candidates Clash on Racial Justice. To read the article in its entirety,...
Feast of St. Padre Pio Welcomes Prayers for New Catholic Hospital in Diocese of Lansing
Mike O'Dea, founder of the Christ Medicus Foundation, attended a Mass on the Feast of St. Padre Pio held at the site of a proposed Catholic hospital complex within the Diocese of Lansing. The new hospital is inspired by Padre Pio’s example of caring for the sick and...
Black Lives Matter and The Christian as featured in First Things Magazine, Written By Louis Brown
Originally Appears in First Things Magazine Below is an excerpt from Black Lives Matter and the Christian. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. Our country requires a revival of love of God and neighbor and a new birth of civil rights rooted in the...
The Leaven Catholic Newspaper highlights A Cause for Hope digital conference
The official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas highlights A Cause for Hope digital conference. Original Article Appears Here Be 'guardians of human life,' [A]rchbishop [Naumann] tells health care professionals By Joe Bollig Read the...
Michael Vacca Co-Authors Article in Ethics & Medics
Originally Appears in Ethics & Medics, a Publication of the National Catholic Bioethics Center Why Family Is Critical to the Care of the Sick Below is an excerpt from the introduction, to read the article in its entirety, please click here. The...
Michael Vacca Publishes Op-Ed in The Detroit News
Opinion: COVID-19 shows public and private health care complement each other This Article Originally Appears in The Detroit News We hear increasing calls for greater government involvement in health care as the solution to future pandemics and health care problems in...
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CMF Executive Director Weighs in on the Health Care Debate: Louis Brown on ETWN News Nightly
Watch Louis Brown on EWTN News Nightly - 03.27.19 “The current system is not working, and the alternative that the democrats are proposing would be a total disaster.” Executive Director of the Christ Medicus Foundation, Louis Brown weighs in on the health care debate...
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Louis Brown: HealthCare – The Greatest Pro-Life Political Battle of Our Time on Al Kresta In the Afternoon
The Little Sisters of the Poor will head back to the Supreme Court this term as they continue to defend their religious liberty from the HHS Contraception mandate. As debates continue to rage over the future of health care, will religious liberty be respected? Louis...
Louis Brown: Health care is the pro-life battleground on Respect Life Radio
"I want to wake the Catholic community up and the pro-life community up...that the playing field upon which all the pro-life issues are determined is in health care," said Louis Brown, executive director of Christ Medicus Foundation, who recently wrote an article...
Louis Brown and Michael Vaca discuss Catholic Health Sharing on Wake Up! Catholic Community Radio
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Michael Vacca and Louis Brown on Wake UP! Community Radio
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Assistant Director of Ministry and Policy Development, Michael Vacca on Catholic Connection
Michael Vacca discusses palliative care, and parental rights in healthcare with Teresa Tomeo on Catholic Connection on Ave Maria Radio. https://avemariaradio.net/audio-archive/catholic-connection-december-2-2019-hour-2/ For further reading, please read CMF's Statement...
Conscious Rights & Transgender-Related Care on Ave Maria Radio
A Federal court has struck down an Obamacare-era rule related to transgender care, ruling that Christian healthcare professionals don't have to perform transgender-related care that is contrary to their religious beliefs. CMF Executive Director, Louis Brown, offers...
Press Releases
SAFEGUARDING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN HOWARD COUNTY AND NATIONWIDE
For Immediate ReleaseTroy, MI (May 28, 2020) On May 26, 2020, the County Executive of Howard County, Maryland issued a public health executive order that as written and issued would have effectively prohibited consuming communion at churches. Thankfully, however,...
Time-Critical Event: A New Health Care Normal?
Digital Health Care Conference Hosted by the Christ Medicus Foundation For Immediate ReleaseTroy, MI (May 7, 2020)The response to COVID-19 has rapidly redefined our country’s approach to health care. There is an urgent need to inform and educate the public about the...
Let Religious Organizations Serve: The Court must protect religious freedom of the Little Sisters
Press Release – For Immediate ReleaseWashington, D.C. (May 5, 2020) On May 6th, the U.S. Supreme Court is again hearing oral arguments about whether the Little Sisters of the Poor (“Little Sisters”) and other religious organizations deserve to have their religious...
Press Release: The Food and Drug Administration has a Moral Obligation to Ethical Development of any COVID-19 Vaccine
Press Release – For Immediate ReleaseTroy, MI (April 23, 2020) Last week, four Bishops who chair committees for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that attempts to create a vaccine for...
Press Release: Urgent Call to Protect Dignity and Civil Rights during This Pandemic: Clarifying the Right Approach to Ethical Triage Protocols
The NCBC and the Christ Medicus Foundation issued a joint press release on April 13, 2020. Who lives and who dies with COVID-19? America’s health care workers on the front lines are already confronting this question as they work to save lives in unprecedented triage...
For Immediate Release: CMF Applauds HHS’s Civil Rights and Religious Freedom Bulletin and Urges Rejection of Utilitarian Approach to Rationing Health Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Press Release – For Immediate ReleaseTroy, MI (April 6, 2020) The Christ Medicus Foundation praises the Bulletin of the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) entitled Civil Rights, HIPAA, and the Coronavirus Disease...