Articles on this issue "Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry"

Vatican to Focus on Hearing Impaired

Health Care Council Presents International Conference

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The Vatican recognizes that people with hearing impairments have much to offer the Church, and will stop to consider this contribution during a November conference. Officials from the …

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John Paul II Remembered Mother's Suffering

Health Care Dicastery Prepares Its 25th Birthday

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The president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry says he remembers hearing personally from John Paul II that one of the Pope's only memories of his mother was her suffering. …

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Vatican: Don't Fight Drugs With Drugs

Says Answer Is Finding Meaning of Life

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Drawing on the experience of Catholic health institutions worldwide, the Holy See warned the international community that it is not possible to combat drugs with drugs. Bishop José Luis …

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Cardinal Expresses Solidarity With Lepers

Says Hansen's Disease Continues to Afflict Many

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Message for 56th World Leprosy Day

"Children Are Not Spared This Disease"

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Here is the statement published by Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry, on the occasion of the 56th World Leprosy Day, which will be …

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Holy See Helps AIDS Victims for Christmas

Good Samaritan Foundation Presents '08 Campaign

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Help us to help," urged the cardinal in charge of the Vatican's health care council, as he presented this year's Christmas campaign for AIDS victims. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán said this …

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Sick Kids Need Extra Love, Says Pope

Notes Child-Patients' Special Sensitivity

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Benedict XVI appealed for a careful balance between "insisting and desisting" in therapies administered to seriously ill children, but above all, he said, these little patients need special …

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Vatican Aide Cautions Obama on Ethics

Says Some Humans Shouldn't Be Used for Others

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The president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry is warning the president elect of the United States that it is unethical to give the green light to embryonic stem-cell …

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