This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria talks with Dr. Wes Ely, whose research has focused on improving the care and outcomes of critically ill patients with I.C.U.-acquired brain disease.

For a young woman with acute environmental hypersensitivity, applying to government authorities for assistance with dying has proved far easier than dealing with the housing bureaucracy.

Carol Keehan, D.C., the former head of the Catholic Health Association who was credited with helping pass the Affordable Care Act in 2010, was recognized with the Spirit of Francis Award from Catholic Extension.

Catholic health care ministries are at odds with the American Civil Liberties Union on many issues. But are there areas where the two can agree—or collaborate?

I did not expect that the first time I administered the sacrament of baptism would be at 2 a.m. in a hospital. And I could not have guessed it to have happened at the intersection of my vocations as both a Jesuit and a nurse.

Dr. Anthony Fauci shares how his Jesuit education shaped his response to the AIDS crisis—and how others in the church failed to meet the moment.