2012-11-13 18:38:20

Hospitals are privileged places of evangelization: Archbp. Zimoswki


November 13, 2012: "The hospital, a place of evangelization, human and spiritual mission" will be the theme for the XXVII International Conference of the Pontifical Council for health Professionals scheduled for 15 to 17 at the Vatican, revealed at a press conference in Rome on Tuesday.
Preach as you go… and heal the sick, is the mandate of Jesus upon which two of the core activities of the church - the proclamation of the Word and the care of the sick. Both of these are considered traditionally mission specific areas, said Archbishop Zygmunt Zimoswki, President of the President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, at the press conference.
The hospitals taken into account, in harmony with the Current Year of Faith and the recent XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, in their capacity as privileged places of evangelization in countries technologically advanced, where today more than ever are the crossroads of cultures and religions.
Archbishop Zimoswki also said that in most economically backward countries, there exist serious lack of even access to basic health care and often people die from the lack of drugs which cost just a few dollars, as in the case of treatment for malaria. They also lack basic diagnostic instruments and specialized training of health personnel, he added.
The little available to these hospitals active in the poorest regions, I would like to emphasize, is used in favor of the population, without distinction of creed or ethnicity.
The Archbishop also informed that the 3-day meeting will be devoted to the study of all aspects of hospitals in their essence as privileged spaces, both to fulfill individual and collectively baptismal mandate, proclaiming the Good News, and to recognize and meet the Face of Christ, imitating the Gospel parable of the Good Samaritan.
The meeting will be opened by a Mass in St. Peter presided over Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, and dedicated to the theme "History and Mission".
The second day will focus on "Ethics and Humanization" and then on "Spirituality and Diakonia of Charity."








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