More financial woes for Caritas Christi

The Globe's Jeff Krasner reports that Caritas Christi, the hospital network of the Archdiocese of Boston, is having more financial problems. An excerpt:

"A $100 million financing deal between Caritas Christi Health Care and Ascension Health of St. Louis is on hold, leaving the hospital chain without needed capital at a time when the economy is slumping badly. At the same time, Caritas Christi, the state's second-largest hospital system, plans to lay off about 160 workers - 1.2 percent of it workforce of 13,000 - to cut expenses. The two moves make a financial turnaround for the Archdiocese of Boston's six-hospital chain more challenging for chief executive Ralph de la Torre, who took over in May."