A photo illustration by Oona Zenda of KFF Health News. ST. LOUIS — Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, ...

And like other hospitals nationwide, many large Catholic health systems allow aggressive tactics against patients for unpaid medical bills such as using third-party collections, filing lawsuits, ...

Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, according to the Catholic Health Association. (Oona Zenda/KFF Health ...

About 21 percent of Catholic hospitals don’t disclose information about their religious affiliation online, according to a study published March 19 in JAMA. Researchers from the University of Colorado ...

Some hospitals formerly owned by Dallas-based Steward Health Care have transitioned to ownership not affiliated with the Catholic Church and will no longer follow religious doctrine on matters such as ...

A new ACLU suit will challenge the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops over its abortion-restricting directives governing patient care at the nation's Catholic hospitals. The suit argues that ...

ST. LOUIS -- Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, according to the Catholic Health Association. Nuns founded ...

Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, according to the Catholic Health Association. Oona Zenda/KFF Health ...

Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, according to the Catholic Health Association. (Oona Zenda/KFF Health ...

The Catholic Health Association urges its hospitals to evaluate themselves every three years on whether they’re living up to Catholic teachings. It created a tool that weighs seven criteria, including ...