e.g., Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden, NJ and many others. I bet most people have seen or even been to these places. What gives??
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Many religions teach that it’s important to care for others and nurture the sick as a foundational principle. And when you have an institution dedicated to spreading and performing morally good acts, supporting medicine is an easy way to go about it.
In the case of those hospitals you mentioned, many are not just supported by the church, they’re outright owned and operated by the church. It helps that religious organizations also get certain tax exemptions here in the United States, which can lower the operating cost of such hospitals by association.
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