Blessed John Paul II taught with his Words and Deeds: Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care

November 22, 2011: The 26^th International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care, will be held in Vatican from 24-26 November. The Conference is entitled "The pastoral care at the service of life in the light of the teaching of Blessed John Paul II" said President of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski at a press conference on Tuesday. The Conference is sponsored and organized by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers and will be attended by over 650 delegates from all continents.
Recalling the beginning of the Council the Archbishop said that Blessed Pope John Paul II established the Commission for Health Care Workers in 1985. Three years later he raised it into the Pontifical Council. The same Pope in 1992, decided that the World Day of the Sick will be celebrated on 11 February, and a few months before his death in September 2004, he established the Foundation called "Good Samaritan".
Recalling the words of Pope Benedict XVI about his predecessor, the archbishop said that Blessed John Paul II gave great teaching with his words and his works, especially a lesson great from his chair of suffering and silence. He offered himself totally to God for the world. A world full of hate and violence he taught anew love and suffering in the service of others.
Included in the conference program are reports, testimonies and experiences of a theological-pastoral inspired teaching of the Blessed John Paul II on the value of Christian suffering and the Gospel of Life.