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DOLENTIUM HOMINUM No. 88 – year XXX – No. 2, 2015 JOURNAL OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS (FOR HEALTH PASTORAL CARE) Proceedings of the XXX International Conference Organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers The Culture of Salus and Welcome at the Service of Man and the Planet 19-20-21 November 2015 New Synod Hall Vatican City DH88eng.indd 1 06/03/17 18:00 2 DOLENTIUM HOMINUM N. 88-2015 Editor-in-Chief ARCHBISHOP ZYGMUNT ZIMOWSKI Executive Editor MONSIGNOR JEAN-MARIE MUPENDAWATU Editorial Board DR. ANTONINO BAGNATO DON MARCO BELLADELLI DR. DANIEL A. CABEZAS GÓMEZ SR. ANNA ANTIDA CASOLINO PROFESSOR MAURIZIO EVANGELISTA REV. BONIFACIO HONINGS DR. BEATRICE LUCCARDI DR. ROSA MEROLA MR. LUIGI NARDELLI MONSIGNOR JACQUES SUAUDEAU Editorial and Business Offices: PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS (FOR HEALTH PASTORAL CARE) 00120 VATICAN CITY; TEL. 06.698.83138, 06.698.84720, 06.698.84799 - FAX: 06.698.83139 e-mail: [email protected] www.holyseeforhealth.net Published three times a year. Subscription rate: 32 € postage included Printed by Editrice VELAR, Gorle (BG) Cover: Glass window Rev. Costantino Ruggeri Poste Italiane s.p.a. Spedizione in Abbonamento Postale - D.L. 353/2003 (conv. In L. 27/02/2004 nº 46) art. 1, comma 2, DCB Roma DH88eng.indd 2 06/03/17 18:00 DOLENTIUM HOMINUM N. 88-2015 3 Editor-in-Chief ARCHBISHOP ZYGMUNT ZIMOWSKI Contents Executive Editor MONSIGNOR JEAN-MARIE MUPENDAWATU Editorial Board 6 Speech of Greetings FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER DR. ANTONINO BAGNATO H. E. Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski DON MARCO BELLADELLI 44 Waves of Heat and Cold DR. DANIEL A. CABEZAS GÓMEZ 7 Address of His Holiness Pope Francis with an Acute Impact on Frail SR. ANNA ANTIDA CASOLINO Individuals (the Elderly, Children, the Immunosuppressed and Individuals PROFESSOR MAURIZIO EVANGELISTA with Debilitating Pathologies) REV. BONIFACIO HONINGS THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER Dr. Antonio Maria Pasciuto DR. BEATRICE LUCCARDI 9 INTRODUZIONE DR. ROSA MEROLA Pastoral Care in Health 47 The Impact of Endocrine Disruptors MR. LUIGI NARDELLI and the Promotion of Human Life: on Health MONSIGNOR JACQUES SUAUDEAU the Thirty Years of Activity Prof. Costanzo Moretti of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers 56 Ethics and Legislation on the Environment H.E. Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski at an International Level Prof. Francesc Torralba 12 Greetings Don Carmine Arice, SSC ROUND TABLE Pathways of Dialogue to Safeguard the Life 13 Evangelium vitae Twenty Years On of Man and the Creation Fr. Wojciech Giertych, O.P. 61 1. The Challenges of World Summits 18 A ‘Theology of Life’ in the Work H.E. Mr. Denis Fontes de Souza Pinto of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI His Eminence Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller 64 2. Health Problems in Urban Areas H.E. Mr. Kenneth Francis Hackett 22 The Encycical Laudato Si’: 65 3. Transparency and Dialogue a Hymn to the Gospel of the Creation to Predict the Environmental Impact H.E. Msgr. Marcelo Sanchéz Sorondo of Business Initiatives and Development Projects 26 Contemporary Climate Change and H.E. Mr. Claude Giordan the Imperative to Safeguard the Creation Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber 69 4. The Dialogue between Politics Dr. Jascha Lehmann and Economics for Human Fullness H.E. Mr. John Anthony Gerard McCarthy 30 Pollution by Information or Technology Editorial and Business Offices: 70 5. Africa and Business: Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS (FOR HEALTH PASTORAL CARE) a Proposal for Development 00120 VATICAN CITY; TEL. 06.698.83138, 06.698.84720, 06.698.84799 - FAX: 06.698.83139 that Respects the Life of Man 33 Biological Innovation Starting with e-mail: [email protected] and the Environment Research: Animal Experimentation and www.holyseeforhealth.net H.E. Mr. Antoine Zanga Genetically Modified Organisms Dr. Romano Marabelli 73 The Ethical and Social Responsibility Published three times a year. Subscription rate: 32 € postage included of Companies Towards Integral Ecology Printed by Editrice VELAR, Gorle (BG) 37 Towards a Responsible Political Approach Prof. Stefano Zamagni Cover: Glass window Rev. Costantino Ruggeri to the Perception, Assessment 83 The Diplomatic Contribution Poste Italiane s.p.a. Spedizione in Abbonamento Postale - D.L. 353/2003 (conv. In L. 27/02/2004 nº 46) art. 1, comma 2, DCB Roma and Methods of Reducing Stress of the Holy See to the Negotiations Caused by Environmental Factors about the Environment Msgr. Tony Anatrella H.E. Msgr. Paul Richard Gallagher DH88eng.indd 3 06/03/17 18:00 4 DOLENTIUM HOMINUM N. 88-2015 85 The Dialogue of Religions SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER with the Sciences in Matters Connected with the Environment. 109 The Anthropological Roots The Encyclical of Bergoglio of the Ecological Crisis on the Environment: H.E. Msgr. Ignacio Carrasco de Paula ‘Universal Ecological Conversion’ Prof. Enrico Mairov 111 The Promotion of the Culture of Life of the Planet 87 Projects and Innovative Initiatives Prof. Vertistine Beaman Mbaya for a ‘Healthy World’ Dr. Ligia Noronha 112 A Healthy Environment for an Integral Human Development 92 Access to Safe and Clean Water: H.E. Msgr. Gustavo Rodríguez Vega a Fundamental, Universal and Essential Human Right 115 Educating in the Environment Dr. Michel Roy and Health Dr. Lilian Corra ROUND TABLE Education and Ecological Spirituality: TOWARDS AN ECOLOGY OF HEALTH-CARE a Different Lifestyle SYSTEMS THAT PLACE MAN AND NOT PROFIT AT THE CENTRE OF THINGS 96 1. Educating in the Alliance The Contribution of Three Experts: between Humanity and the Environment in a Spirit of Solidarity and Care 119 1. Health-care Policy Based upon Compassion. Dr. Konstanty Radziwiłł Request for Assisted Suicide in the Light 120 2. Health-care Legislation of the Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ Hon. Dr. Anna Zaborska Prof. Dr. Arndt Büssing 122 3. Supportive Welfare 99 2. Joy and Peace, the Foundation and Models of Care of an Ecological Spirituality Dr. Alessandro Signorini Bro. Michael A. Perry, OFM 125 Conclusions and Recommendations 102 3. Towards Ecological Pastoral Care Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro Founded on Man’s Reconciliation with Himself, the Creation and God 126 Conclusions and Recommendations H.E. Msgr. Gregor Maria Hanke, O.S.B. Fr. Ján Dˇ acˇ ok, SJ 105 4. A New Contemplative Outlook: the Sacramental Signs and the Celebration of Rest Prof. Artur Zuk DH88eng.indd 4 06/03/17 18:00 DOLENTIUM HOMINUM N. 88-2015 5 Proceedings of the XXX International Conference Organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers The Culture of Salus and Welcome at the Service of Man and the Planet 19-20-21 November 2015 New Synod Hall Vatican City DH88eng.indd 5 06/03/17 18:00 6 DOLENTIUM HOMINUM N. 88-2015 Speech of Greetings H. E. MSGR. tion seems to be profoundly com- the Creation which has been given ZYGMUNT ZIMOWSKI promised as well, one perceives to us so that we may be its faithful President of the a growing sensitivity towards the and responsible ‘stewards’. Pontifical Council environment and care for nature, Your Holiness, a few days be- for Health Care workers, as well as the advance of sincere fore the beginning of the Extraor- the Holy See and pained concern about what is dinary Jubilee of Mercy, I would happening to our planet. like to express to you once again As Your Holiness points out in our gratitude for your encyclical ost Blessed Father, the recent encyclical letter Laud- Laudato sì’, within whose fur- MIt is with filial devotion and ato sì’, this is not a matter of two row we intend to offer our con- gratitude that we thank you for crises, one that is environmental tribution to a deep and effective wanting to meet us on the first and one that is social, but, rather, ‘conversion of hearts’, in the cer- day of the deliberations of our of a single and complex socio-en- tainty that ‘a true ecological ap- thirtieth international conference vironmental crisis, the strategies proach always becomes a social which seeks to address the subject for a solution to which ‘demand approach; it must integrate ques- ‘The Culture of Salus and Wel- an integrated approach to com- tions of justice in debates on the come at the Service of Man and bating poverty, restoring dignity environment, so as to hear both the Planet’. to the excluded, and at the same the cry of the earth and the cry of On the occasion of the thirtieth time protecting nature’ (n. 139). the poor’ (n. 49). anniversary of the life and activ- Responding to the invitation to In addition, we want here and ity of our Pontifical Council, and look for integral solutions which now to assure you of our prayers at the same time as the twentieth consider the interactions of natu- for the by now imminent apos- anniversary of the publication of ral systems with each other and tolic journey that will take you to the encyclical Evangelium vitae, with social systems, during the Kenya, Uganda and the Central we thought it suitable to place course of the deliberations of this African Republic, that is to say ourselves in the furrow traced by international conference of ours in direct contact with some of the St. John Paul II, in order to re- we will address in particular the problems that require of every- trieve the meaning of the digni- problems connected with the im- one, urgently, an ‘ecology of the ty of human life and the value of pact that these this various factors heart’. every person, in the lineaments of of pollution involve, above all at It is with filial obedience, Ho- which shine brightly the likeness- the level of the consequences for ly Father, that we prepare our- es themselves of the Son of God.