Archbishop Moras to attend health conference in Rome
November 15, 2012: Archbishop Bernard Moras of Bangalore, India is to take part in a health conference convened by Pope Benedict XVI from Thursday in the Vatican. He would participate in the 27th International Conference of Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers. The three-day conference is being held in the New Hall of the Synod in Vatican City.
It is based on the theme ''The Hospital, setting for Evangelisation: a Human and Spiritual Mission.” The archbishop is the member of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers by virtue of his appointment by the pope in 2010 for a period of five years. Archbishop Moras, who is among the five participants from India, will be presenting a paper on Catholic Hospitals in a changing world.
The conference will concentrate on the theological and anthropological aspects of the world of health and illness which converge in and characterize the life of a hospital.
The prelate has been participating in this three-day annual conference over the last eleven years continuously. He has also served as chairman of Health Commission of Catholic Bishops Conference of India.
The archbishop would also have a separate private meeting with the pope.
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