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   HEALTHCARE IN THE LIGHT OF "CARITAS IN VERITATE"   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 15 NOV 2010 (VIS) - A press conference was held this morning in   
   the Holy See Press Office to present the twenty-fifth international conference   
   promoted by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care. The conference is   
   due to take place on 18 and 19 November and its theme this year is: "Towards   
   egalitarian and human healthcare in the light of 'Caritas in veritate'".   
      
   Participating in today's press conference were Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski and   
   Msgr. Jean-Marie Mpendawatu, respectively president and under secretary of the   
   Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care; Fr. Maurizio Faggioni O.F.M.,   
   professor of bioethics at the "Academia Alfonisana" in Rome; Mario Benotti,   
   director general of RAI International, and Domenico Arduini, professor of   
   gynaecology and obstetrics and director of the gynaecological and obstetric   
   clinic at Rome's University of Tor Vergata.   
      
   The forthcoming meeting, Archbishop Zimowski explained, "will examine the   
   current question of parity of access to basic healthcare services, not only in   
   general terms, but in harmony with man's dignity and vocation. ... The   
   initiative coincides with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Pontifical   
   Council for Healthcare Workers, providing an opportunity to evaluate results   
   and to plan for the future", he said.   
      
   In the light of the Encyclical "Caritas in veritate", the conference "will also   
   examine, among other things, the fundamental requirements for an egalitarian   
   and human promotion of health, the mission of the Church in favour of the sick,   
   and the promotion of anthropocentric healthcare, as well as the role of civil   
   society, the Church and other private institutions and organisations in   
   promoting justice, equity and solidarity in the healthcare sector".   
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