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St. Mary’s Mumias Hospital in Kenya to Reopen Under Women Religious to Restore “Catholic ethos,” Says Kakamega Bishop
The Kakamega Catholic Bishop announced plans to reopen St. Mary’s Mumias Mission Hospital in western Kenya under the leadership of women Religious to restore the facility’s Catholic identity after it suspended services earlier in 2025 due to financial difficulties and staff walkouts. The bishop said women Religious from the Sisters of Mary of Kakamega will play a central role in staffing and re-establishing the hospital’s Catholic ethos as operations resume.
By: ACI Africa Staff
Concerns over abortion, vasectomies, IVF, gender-affirming care access as a Catholic organization Calvary buys Hobart Private
The purchasing of a private hospital has raised concerns among medical groups about how the change in ownership could affect access to legal medical services including surgical abortions, vasectomies and gender-affirming care, with the Australian Medical Association urging Calvary to make exemptions to ensure continued availability. Tasmanian government officials said the sale will secure ongoing private healthcare capacity in the region while negotiations continue about service delivery under the new ownership.
By: Josh Duggan
MAiD for mental illness: ‘Canada is pioneering resignation'
The article reports on the first-reading of Bill C-218, which aims to block the planned expansion of medical assistance in dying to people whose only underlying condition is mental illness. Liberal and Bloc Québécois MPs signalled they are likely to oppose the bill and instead wait for the findings of a joint parliamentary committee on MAiD set to convene in early 2026, while opponents of the expansion argued that safeguards are already failing and that Canada is not prepared to extend eligibility to mental illness alone.
By: Quinton Amundson
Dialysis one way, MAiD the other ? Critics sound alarms about Vancouver clinics offering life or death
Critics, including the head of a prominent anti-MAiD organization raised concerns about the increasing presence of clinics offering the procedure in Vancouver near those that offer health services, such as dialysis. Critics argue that the proximity of services that sustain life and those that end it raises ethical question about how MAiD is integrated into the health system. They say these developments highlight broader unease among pro-life advocates about how MAiD is being normalized in settings where patients face critical decisions about life and death.
By: Terry O’Neil