Frans van Ittersum
PAV: Press office statement on abortion
Statement of the Pontifical Academy for Life on wrong interpretation of mgr. Paglia’s words on abortion.
Open Letter to the World Medical Association on Conscientious Objection
On 11-12 August the World Medical Association in conjunction with the American Medical Association is hosting a meeting of experts in Washington DC to discuss the International Code of Medical Ethics. Among other revisions to the code it is being proposed that the code include a paragraph on conscientious objection.
In memoriam mgsr. Jacques Suaudeau
The death of mgsr Jacques Suaudeau, doctor and priest, July 28th, saddens the hearts of all Catholic doctors in Europe and around the world.
COMECE on EP resolution on abortion: “no to higher ideological barriers and polarization, we must work for more unity among Europeans”
In a statement released on Friday 8 July 2022, Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto, General Secretary of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), regrets the adoption of a new resolution on abortion by the European Parliament. “We must work for more unity among Europeans, not to create higher ideological barriers and polarization”.
Abortion USA
Regarding the United States Supreme Court decision that modified the 1973 legal position Roe v. Wade on the issue of abortion, the Pontifical Academy for Life presents a statement.
COMECE on “Global threats to abortion rights”
In view of the discussion scheduled for today, Wednesday 8 June 2022, in the European Parliament under the title “Global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturn of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court”, the Secretary General of COMECE, Fr Manuel Barrios Prieto, has made a declaration.
Three antidotes for health care
Pope Francis repeats his view on healthcare: proximity, wholeness and common good.
FEAMC symposium on compassion concluded May 29th 2022
The first FEAMC Symposium (European Federation of Catholic Medical Associations) after the pandemic on compassion took place from 27 to 29 May 2022 in Assisi.
27-29 May 2022: FEAMC symposium: Challenges of competence and compassion in contemporary medicine: presentations and texts
Presentations and texts of the FEAMC symposium Challenges of competence and compassion in contemporary medicine.