Frans van Ittersum 
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.
The death of mgsr Jacques Suaudeau, doctor and priest, July 28th, saddens the hearts of all Catholic doctors in Europe and around the world.
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”.
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.
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.
Pope Francis repeats his view on healthcare: proximity, wholeness and common good.
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.
Presentations and texts of the FEAMC symposium Challenges of competence and compassion in contemporary medicine.
Pope Francis tells catholic pharmacists that they can play an important social role.
The Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary will be pronounced by the Pope on the afternoon of Friday 25 March in St Peter’s Basilica.