An interfaith conference in Vatican City, Italy, has led the Qatar Foundation Initiative (QFI) to make three commitments to improve the implementation of palliative care in Qatar. Jointly organized by QFI, the Qatar-based the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) and the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life (PAL), the conference titled ‘Religion and Medical Ethics: […]
By Luca Collodi “In your work, may you always strive to promote the dignity and life of each person, and reject any compromise in the direction of euthanasia, assisted suicide or suppression of life, even in the case of terminal illness.” Pope Francis makes this appeal to healthcare professionals in his message for this year’s […]
Luca Collodi – Città del Vaticano Anche quando lo stato della malattia è irreversibile, “qualsiasi intervento diagnostico, preventivo, terapeutico, di ricerca, cura e riabilitazione deve essere proteso alla dignità e alla vita della persona, senza alcun cedimento ad atti di natura eutanasica”. Lo scrive il Papa nel Messaggio, reso noto ieri, per la Giornata mondiale del […]
Ciudad del Vaticano (AICA): El presidente de la Pontificia Academia para la Vida, monseñor Vincenzo Paglia, destacó la dimensión interreligiosa e incluso secular que está tomando el concepto del “acompañamiento a los enfermos, excluyendo siempre cualquier acto de eutanasia o de suicidio asistido”. Lo hizo al comentar el mensaje para la Jornada Mundial del Enfermo, […]
ROME — Helping society move from a throwaway culture to “one that cares” is the goal of a Dec. 11-12 conference being co-organized by the Vatican. “The sick and the elderly are considered people who have nothing left to offer,” said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the head of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life. “They are […]
ROME, December 11, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — In a statement difficult to reconcile with Scripture and Tradition, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has claimed on behalf of the Catholic Church that anyone who says Judas Iscariot is in hell is a heretic. In an even more disturbing statement, the Italian archbishop has also […]