Zijn en doen

Cardinal Parolin’s Letter to Pontifical Academy for Life President for Congress on Palliative Care: ‘When all the resources of “doing” seem to be exhausted, then the most important aspect emerges in human relations, which is that of “being”: being present

Pauselijke Academie voor het LevenFebruary 28, 2018

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Kwesties rond het levenseinde

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Aan de Voorzitter van de Pauselijke Academie voor het Leven, aartsbisschop Vincenzo Paglia, en aan de deelnemers aan de Europese Regionale Bijeenkomst van de World Medical Association

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7 november 2017

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Note on Italian vaccine issue

Pauselijke Academie voor het Leven

The Pontifical Academy for Life issued a document commenting on the Italian vaccine issue, in collaboration with the “Ufficio per la Pastorale della Salute” of Italian Bishops’ Conference and the “Association of Italian Catholic Doctors”, on July 31, 2017.

Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism

Statement of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Summit

Pauselijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, 8 februari 2017

In accordance with the Resolutions of the United Nations and the World Health Assembly, the 2015 Vatican Summit of Mayors from the major cities of the world, the 2014 Joint Declaration of faith leaders against modern slavery, and the Magisterium of Pope Francis, who in June 2016, at the Judges’ Summit on Human Trafficking and Organized Crime, stated that organ trafficking and human trafficking for the purpose of organ removal are “true crimes against humanity [that] need to be recognized as such by all religious, political and social leaders, and by national and international legislation,” we, the undersigned participants of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Summit on Organ Trafficking, resolve to combat these crimes against humanity through comprehensive efforts that involve all stakeholders around the world.

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God deed aan mij zijn wonderwerken

Paus FranciscusVerrukking voor al wat God doet: “die machtig is, deed aan mij zijn wonderwerken”. (Vgl. Lc. 1,49) – 25e Wereldgebedsdag voor de zieken (2017)

8 december 2016, Feest van de Onbevlekte Ontvangenis
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