Programma del XXI Convegno Internazionale del Pontificio Consiglio per gli Operatori Sanitari

Thursday, 23 November

9:00
GREETING

9:15
Prolusion: Infectious Diseases in the Light of the Word of God
His Eminence Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán
President of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care (The Holy See)

Chairperson: Dr. Ms An Verlinde
President of C.I.C.I.A.M.S. (International Committee of Nurses and Medico-Social Assistants (Belgium); Member of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care (The Holy See)
I. The Reality

10:00
1. The History of the Treatment of Infectious Diseases
Antonio Carreras Panchón, M.D.,
Professor of History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca (Spain)

10:30
Break
2. The Principal Infectious Diseases Today:

11:00
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Maria Elena Pesaresi, M.D.,
Gynaecologist, Missionary in Zimbabwe.

11:20
Rare Emerging Diseases and Re-emerging Diseases
Dr. Nicola Petrosillo
Director II Division National Institute for Infective Diseases, “L. Spallanzani”, Rome (Italy)

11:40
Diseases and Globalisation
Dr. Marco Raviglione,
Director, Stop TB Department, the World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland)
3. The Origins of Infectious Diseases Today:
12:00
a. Personal Origins:
Human Behaviour
Lifestyle
Diet
Weakening of the Immune System
Prof. Pedro A. Reyes López,
Director of Research, Nacional Institute of Cardiology “Ignacio Chávez” (Mexico)
12:20
Demography
International Contacts
Migrations
Dr. Riccardo Colasanti
General Secretary of Caritas Internationalis, Rome (Italy)
12:40
b. Technological Origins:
Technological Change
Industrial Change
The Modification and Adaptation of Microbes
Rev. Fr. Jacques Simpré, M.I.
Professor of Genetics, University of Ougadougu; Director of the Biomolecular Research Laboratory (Burkina Faso)
13:00
End of the Session
16:00
c. Political Origins:
Interruption of Measures for Public Health
Weakening of the Health-care System
Events Connected with Wars or Terrorism
Dr. Giuseppe Ippolito
Scientific Director, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, Rome (Italy)
16:20
d. Ecological Origins:
Ecological Change
Maltreatment of the Environment
Environmental Pollution
Water Pollution
Dr. Fernando Antezana Aranibar
President of the Executive Council of WHO, Geneva (Switzerland); Consulter of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care (The Holy See)
II. What Should be Thought?
1. Revelation:
16:40
Infectious Diseases in Holy Scripture
Rev. Fr. Agustinus Gianto S.J., Pro-Dean of the Faculty for Ancient Eastern Studies, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome (Italy)
17:10
Infectious Diseases and the Church Fathers
Prof. Gabriel Marasco
Professor of Roman History in the Faculty of Letters and Foreign Languages, University of Studies of Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy)
17:40
Break
18:00
Infectious Diseases in the History of the Church
Rev. Fr. Fidel González Fernández, M.C.C.J.,
Professor at the Pontifical Urban and Gregorian University, Rome (Italy); Consulter of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Congregation for the Cause of Saints (The Holy See)
18:30
2. Reflection on Revelation:

Faith, Charity and Infectious Diseases
Rev. Fr. Wojciech Giertych, O.P.,
Theologian of the Pontifical House (The Holy See)
19:00
End of the Session

Friday, 24 November

Chairperson: Dr. Fiorenza Deriu
Social Researcher, Rome (Italy); Consultor of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care (The Holy See)
9:00
The Testimony of Saints Dedicated to the Treatment of Infectious Diseases
Rev. Fr. Pascual Piles, O.H.,
Superior General of the Order of St. John of God; Member of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care (The Holy See)
9:30
Epidemics and Christian Hope
Msgr. Tony Anatrella,
Psychoanalyst and Specialist in Social Psychiatry, Paris (France); Consultor of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care (The Holy See)
10:00
Christian Responsibility and Infectious Diseases. Ethical Aspects
Msgr. Ignacio Carrasco de Paula,
Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Life (The Holy See); Director, Institute of Bioethics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome (Italy)
11:00
Break
11:00
3. Inter-religious Dialogue and Infectious Diseases:

The Points of View of:

Judaism
Prof. Abramo Alberto Piattelli,
Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Rome; Professor of Post-Biblical Judaism, Pontifical Lateran University, Rome (Italy)

Islam
Rev. Fr. Justo Lacunza Balda,
President of the Pontifical Institute of Arabica and Islamic Studies, Rome (Italy)

Hinduism
Prof. R. K. Mutatkar,
Hon. Professor of Anthropology, School of Health Sciences, University of Pune (India)

Buddhism
Rev. Masahiro Tanaka M.D.,
Physician at “Medical Clinic Fumon-it”; Chief Priest at “Buddhist Temple Samyou-ji”, Mashiko (Japan)
12:00
Post-Modernity
Rev. Fr. Ján Dacok, S.J.,
Professor of Moral Theology and Ethics at the Faculty of Theology, University of Trnava (Slovakia)
III. What Should be Done?
The Pastoral Care of Infectious Diseases from:
12:15
1. The Cultural-Psychological Point of View:
Education
Catechesis

H. E. Msgr. Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo,
Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Science (The Holy See)
12:35
Education in Faith

H. E. Msgr. Francisco Robles Ortega,
Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)
13:00
End of the session

16:00
The Mass Media

H. E. Msgr. John Patrick Foley,
President of the Pontifical council of Social Communications (The Holy See)

16:20
Stigma
Social and Economic Integration

Prof. Gustavo P. Kourí,
Director-Genaral, Institute of Tropical Medicine “P. Kourí”, Havana (Cuba); Vice-President, Cuban Red Cross

16h40
2. The Bio-Medical Point of View:

Research
Pharmaceuticals
Prevention

Alastair Benbow, M.D.,
Vice President of GSK Europe

17:00
Treatment
Accompanying

Rev. Fr. Fiorenzo Priuli, O.H.,
President of the health Commission, General Delegation “San Riccardo Pampuri”, Benin – Togo

17:20
3. The Political-Social Point of View:

National and International Health-care Policies
Migrations
Economic, Scientific and Technological Resources
Food and Diet Policies
Social Hygiene

His Eminence Cardinal Karl Lehmann,
Archbishop of Mainz
17:40
Break
18:00
4. The Personal Point of View:

The Patient
The Family
Health-care Workers
Rev. Sr. Evelyne Franc,
General Superior of the “Society of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de’ Paul”, Paris (France)
18:20
End of the Session

Saturday, 25 November

Chairperson: Mrs. Lillian Fanjul de Azqueta
Founder and Director of the “New Hope” Foundation, Palm Beach (U.S.A.)
9:00
The Parish
The Diocese

H. E. Msgr. Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán,
Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico)
9:20
Religious Orders
Rev. Fr. Anthony Frank Monks, M.I.,
Superior General of “Camillian Fathers”, Rome; Member of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care (The Holy See)
9:40
Associations
Mr. Francis Sullivan,
Executive Director of the Catholic Health Association (Australia)
10:00
Volunteers
Hon. Maria Pia Garavaglia,
Vice Mayor of the City of Rome (Italy)
10:20
The Liturgical Life
Rev. Fr. Juan Javier Flores Arcas, osb,
President, Pontifical Institute of Liturgy, Sant’ Anselmo, Rome (Italy)
10:40
Prayer
Rev. Fr. Armando Aufiero,
President of the Centre for the Volunteers of Suffering, Rome (Italy)
11:00
Conclusion