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HEALTHCARE IN THE LIGHT OF "CARITAS IN VERITATE"

VATICAN CITY, 15 NOV 2010 (VIS) - A press conference was held this morning in
the Holy See Press Office to present the twenty-fifth international conference
promoted by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care. The conference is
due to take place on 18 and 19 November and its theme this year is: "Towards
egalitarian and human healthcare in the light of 'Caritas in veritate'".

Participating in today's press conference were Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski and
Msgr. Jean-Marie Mpendawatu, respectively president and under secretary of the
Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care; Fr. Maurizio Faggioni O.F.M.,
professor of bioethics at the "Academia Alfonisana" in Rome; Mario Benotti,
director general of RAI International, and Domenico Arduini, professor of
gynaecology and obstetrics and director of the gynaecological and obstetric
clinic at Rome's University of Tor Vergata.

The forthcoming meeting, Archbishop Zimowski explained, "will examine the
current question of parity of access to basic healthcare services, not only in
general terms, but in harmony with man's dignity and vocation. ... The
initiative coincides with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Pontifical
Council for Healthcare Workers, providing an opportunity to evaluate results
and to plan for the future", he said.

In the light of the Encyclical "Caritas in veritate", the
conference "will also
examine, among other things, the fundamental requirements for an egalitarian
and human promotion of health, the mission of the Church in favour of the sick,
and the promotion of anthropocentric healthcare, as well as the role of civil
society, the Church and other private institutions and organisations in
promoting justice, equity and solidarity in the healthcare sector".
OP/VIS 20101115 (280)

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