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This is a press release from the Catholic Medical Association:
Statement on Bishop Olmsted’s Action Regarding St. Joseph’s Hospital
In response to Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted’s declaration about St. Joseph Hospital in Phoenix on December 21, 2010, CMA President Leonard P. Rybak, M.D., Ph.D., issued the following statement:
Statement on Bishop Olmsted’s Action Regarding St. Joseph’s Hospital
In response to Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted’s declaration about St. Joseph Hospital in Phoenix on December 21, 2010, CMA President Leonard P. Rybak, M.D., Ph.D., issued the following statement:
The decree by Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted that St. Joseph’s Hospital can no longer be considered authentically Catholic is a momentous moment in the history of the Catholic health care ministry in the United States. It represents a significant step by a bishop to exercise his legitimate role as teacher and defender of the faith in his diocese as well as an unfortunate refusal of hospital officials to respect the bishop’s role as a teacher and pastor.
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