The Church in the Service of Love for the Suffering

Introduction and Greeting to the Participants

H.E. Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski
President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers (The Holy See)

Inauguration of the Art Exhibition of Francesco Guadagnuolo “The Church in the Service of Love for the Suffering”, in commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the foundation of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers.

Chairman: H.E. Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski

The Biblical Foundations and Theological-Pastoral Reading of “Salvifici Doloris”

H.E. Msgr. Gianfranco Ravasi
President of the Pontifical Council for Culture (The Holy See)

Round Table – Pain and Suffering from the point of view of Judaism, Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism.

Pain and Suffering in the African Cultures

Prof. Adeodat Vwakyanakazi
Full Professor of Anthropology at the University of Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Pain and Suffering in the Asian Cultures

A Representative of the Catholic University of Taiwan

End of the Session

Round Table – Pain and Suffering in the experience of a Chaplain, a Medical Doctor, a Nurse, a Patient, a Family and a Volunteer.

- A Chaplain
Rev. Rude Delgado (Spain)

- A Medical Doctor
Dr. Antonino Bagnato (Italy)

- A Woman Nurse
Dr. Cristina Ledda (Italy)

- A Patient

- A Family
Mrs. Rosaria Duraccio D’Angelillo

- A Volunteer
Mrs. Marina Gregorini

Break

The Meaning of the Suffering of John Paul II for the Church and the World

Dr. Carl Anderson
Supreme Knight of the ‘Knights of Columbus’ Foundation (U.S.A.)

Do Pain and Suffering Have Meaning for Contemporary Man?

H. Em. Cardinal Angelo Comastri
Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (The Holy See)

Discussion

End of the Session

Holy Mass at the Tomb of the Servant of God John Paul II

The Presence of Bishops Responsible for Health Pastoral Care

Introduction
H.E. Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski

Greetings from the Authorities:

H. Em. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B.
Secretary of State (The Holy See)

H. Em. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers (The Holy See)

H. Em. Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi
Archbishop of Milan- National Ecclesiastical Assistant of the Italian Association of Catholic Doctors (Italy)

Hon. Prof. Ferruccio Fazio
Minister of Health (Italy)

Hon. Dr. Gianni Alemanno
Mayor of Rome (Italy)

Chairman: H. Em. Cardinal Paul Poupard
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture (The Holy See)

Genesis and Meaning of the Motu Proprio ‘Dolentium Hominum’

H. Em. Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers (The Holy See)

Break

The Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers at the Service of the Local Churches: a History of Twenty-Five Year

H.E. Msgr. José L. Redrado, O.H.
Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers (The Holy See)

Brief Papers by Exponents of Catholic Health Care

Sr. Maria del Camino Agós - Superior General of the Sisters Hospitaller of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Dr. José Maria Simon de Castellvi - President of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC)

Prof. Piero Uroda - President of the International Federation of Catholic Pharmacists (FIPC)

Mrs. Marylee Meehan - President of the International Catholic Committee of Nurses and Medico-Social Assistants (CICIAMS)

Rev. Fr. Michael Place - Chairman of the International Association of Catholic Health Care Institutions (AISAC)

Prof. Franco Splendori - President of the Association of Catholic Medical Doctors of Rome (Italy)

Round Table: The Pastoral Fruits of the World Day of the Sick

Poland - H.E. Msgr. Wladyslaw Ziolek - Archbishop of Lódz; Member of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers

Korea - H. Em. Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jinsuk - Archbishop of Seoul

Australia - H.E. Msgr. Wilson Philip Edward - President of the Bishops’ Conference of Australia

USA - H.E Msgr. William F. Murphy - Bishop Responsible for Pastoral Care in Health

Ivory Coast - M. l’Abbé Marcel Akmel - Director of Pastoral Care in Health

Mexico - H.E. Msgr. Rafael Martinez Sainz - Bishop Responsible for Pastoral Care in Health

Order of Malta – Frà Matthew Festing - Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta

Conclusions
H.E. Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski

Solemn Act of Celebration – PAUL VI HALL
H.E. Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski

Equity and Solidarity in International Health

Dr. Margaret Chan
Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO)

Classical Music Concert
Introduced by Mrs Claudia Koll

Procession with the relics of St. Bernadette along Via della Conciliazione

Solemn Eucharistic Celebration presided over by the Holy Father Benedict XVI (in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter)

A delegation descends to the Tomb of the Servant of God Pope John Paul II for a prayer of thanksgiving for the gift of the World Day of the Sick in honour of the founder of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers.

Visit of some Hospitals of Rome by the President and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers.

Great Procession and prayer with the Statue of Our Lady of Lourdes from Via della Conciliazione to the St Peter’s Basilica.