Frans van Ittersum 
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and Caritas Europa are urging the EU institutions to ensure vaccine access for all, promoting a “widescale vaccination not only for Europe´s own safety and protection, but also for global public health as a public good”.
On February 16, 1991, the founding assembly of the Croatian Catholic Medical Society was held at the Residence of the Society of Jesus in Zagreb.
Vincenzo Defilippis, president of FEAMC, states that vaccinating the homeless is a priority of equity and a sign of paying attention to the “discarded” of our welfare society.
The Pontifical Academy for Life reflects on elderly afte the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pope Francis reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic and the social, economic and moral crisis of the world.
Annual Report of the COVID-19 Commission of the Vatican that must express the Church’s solicitude and care for the whole human family facing the COVID-19 pandemic, including analysis, reflection on the new socio-economic-cultural future, and the proposal of relevant approaches.
Pope Francis has decided to establish World Grandparents’ and Elders’ Day, which will be held in all the Church every year on the fourth Sunday of July, close to the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, Jesus’ “grandparents”.
World Leprosy Day 2021 is observed this January 31 with the overall goal: “Beat Leprosy.” This noble aim begins with the medical reality that leprosy is a curable disease; but beating leprosy involves more than a mere medical struggle.
The Dutch researchers Groenewoud and Boer publish data in the BMJ showing that there is a geographical variation in the number of new euthanasia cases among various postal code areas.
Msgr. J. Suaudeau, ecclesical assistant of FIAMC discusses the production and ethical pittfalls of anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in a detailed way.