COMMENTARY: When we see both the patient and the doctor as equally worthy of dignity and respect, while understanding that the role of the doctor is to serve the patient, we then have a solid foundation from which to build an ethical, life-affirming and economically

Preghiera per gli infermieri, ispirata dal Messaggio di Papa Francesco in occasione della Giornata Internazionale dell’Infermiere, 12.05.2020 O Padre celeste, Ti lodiamo per il ministero delle infermiere e degli infermieri, che con professionalità, abnegazione e senso di amore per il prossimo svolgono un ruolo centrale

Dr. Saad Jazrawi, president of the Portland Catholic Physicians Guild, holds daughter Samar, age 7 months, during a dinner following the annual White Mass for Catholic health care workers in 2019. “If I combine my faith and my work, I’m a better Catholic and a

March 30, 2021 Happy National Doctors’ Day! As we celebrate and honor all of our nations’ doctors, I want to thank each of you for your dedication to health care, but also for your dedication to the Catholic faith.  Understanding health care as a vocation

By SOMOS Community Care | 03/24/21 Dr. Victor Peralta is a pediatrician of Dominican origin who has been working in New York for more than 30 years. He explains how his view of medicine and life changed when he learned he had cancer. “Almost eight years ago, I

Mass in St. Peter's Square for the canonization of 35 saints Oct. 15, 2017. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 20, 2021 / 09:10 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis has recognized the heroic virtue of three Italian religious sisters who died from Ebola

THE ART OF NURSING: CATHOLIC NURSES CREATE NETWORK OF SUPPORT The Catholic Telegraph /  February 12, 2021 /  925SHARES  Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ by Susie Bergman Nursing is not only a complicated science, it is a magnificent art. In addition to employing years of scientific training and study, frontline healthcare professionals must also

Il nous faut « penser » l’homme pour pouvoir le « panser ». A partir des éléments de langage animant aujourd’hui l’hôpital, Stéphane Velut le décrit comme une « industrie » chaque jour plus froide. L’homme malade, blessé serait-il devenu l’objet de consommation de l’hôpital ? Mais il apparaît qu’il y aurait

This German priest pioneered a holistic view of modern medicine Public Domain Philip Kosloski - published on 01/25/21 Fr. Sebastian Kneipp sought to treat the entire person, mind, body and soul. In the history of the Church there have been many doctors and physicians who were not