DOLENTIUM HOMINUM No. 32 – Eleventh Year (No. 2) 1996 JOURNAL OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR PASTORAL ASSISTANCE TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS Editorial and Business Offices: Editor: Vatican City FIORENZO CARDINAL ANGELINI Telephone: 6988–3138, 6988–4720, 6988–4799, Telefax: 6988–3139 Telex: 2031 SANITPC VA Executive Editor: REV.JOSÉ L. REDRADO O.H. Cover: Glass window by Fr. Costantino Ruggeri Associate Editor: REV.FELICE RUFFINI M.I. Published three times a year Editorial Board: FR. GIOVANNI D’ERCOLE F.D.P. Subscription rate: one year Lire 60.000 SR. CATHERINE DWYER M.M.M. (or the equivalent in local currency) DR. GIOVANNI FALLANI postage included MSGR. JESUS IRIGOYEN FR. VITO MAGNO R.C.I. ING. FRANCO PLACIDI PROF. GOTTFRIED ROTH MSGR. ITALO TADDEI Printed by Editrice VELAR S.p.A., Gorle (BG) Editorial Staff: FR. DAVID MURRAY M.ID. DR MARÍA ÁNGELES CABANA M.ID. Spedizione in abb. postale Comma 27 art. 2 legge 549/95 - Roma SR. MARIE-GABRIEL MULTIER FR. JEAN-MARIE M. MPENDAWATU Contents 4 PONTIFICAL APPOINTMENTS 53 Aren’t I Your Health? Rev. Jorge A. Palencia EDITORIAL 58 Celebrations at the Sanctuary 7 The Care of the Sick in the Postsynodal of Our Lady of Guadalupe Document Vita Consecrata Fiorenzo Cardinal Angelini 58 Holy Mary: Queen and Mother of Mercy Fiorenzo Cardinal Angelini MAGISTERIUM 59 Let the Young Look to Christ 11 Addresses by the Holy Father, Fiorenzo Cardinal Angelini John Paul II 61 To Follow Christ in Keeping with Mary’s Example TOPICS 63 I Go in Spirit to Guadalupe 2 18 The Health Ministry: to Celebrate the Day of the Sick A Challenge for Training John Paul II Professor Francisco Alvarez 64 Cardinal Angelini’s Greeting 27 Suffering in Illness. to the President of the Republic Some Key Points to Help the Sick Towards a Positive Experience 65 A Cultural Exchange Miguel Angel Monge in Mexico City and Monterrey TESTIMONY 65 From Humanae Vitae to Evangelium Vitae 40 The Most Reverend Jorge Martínez: Fiorenzo Cardinal Angelini Bishop and Pastor for Health Rev. Jorge A. Palencia 68 Angelo Cardinal Sodano’s Greeting for the Monterrey Congress 44 The World of Health: Facts and Proposals 68 The Second National The Pontifical Catholic University and First International Congress of Chile of Religious Institutions Engaged in Health Care Sister Delfina Maria Moreno ACTIVITY OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL 70 Faithfulness to the Spirit 52 Celebration of the Fourth Is the Source of Creativity World Day of the Sick Rev. José Luis Redrado 53 The Holy Father’s Telegram 72 Rev. José Luis Redrado’s Concluding to Fiorenzo Cardinal Angelini Words The illustrations in this issue have been taken from the book Kraków-Pie¸kny i Basniowy´ , (Andrzej Laczynski,´ 1993) Pontifical Appointments The Holy Father has confirmed Rev. José Luis Redrado Marchite, O.H., as Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers for an additional five-year term. The Holy Father has confirmed Rev. Felice Ruffini, M.I., as Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers for an additional five-year term. Members and Consultors of the Pontifical Council The Members and Consultors of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers who have been either newly appointed or confirmed in a previous appointment by the Holy Father are the following. Members Their Eminences Cardinals 4 ANDRZEJ MARIA DESKUR JOHN J. O’CONNOR Emeritus President of the Pontifical Council Archbishop of New York for Social Communications JAIME LUCAS ORTEGA Y ALAMINO Archbishop of San Cristóbal de La Habana JOSÉ FALCAO FREIRE Archbishop of Brasilia ANTONIO QUARRACINO Archbishop of Buenos Aires MICHELE GIORDANO Archbishop of Naples PIERRE NASRALLAH SFEIR Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites GEORGE BASIL HUME RICARDO J. VIDAL Archbishop of Westminster Archbishop of Cebu Their Excellencies the Most Reverend GIOVANNI BATTISTA RE LUIS REYNOSO CERVANTES Substitute for General Affairs Bishop of Cuernavaca, Mexico at the Secretariat of State CHARLES A. SCHLECK, CSC TARCISIO BERTONE Assistant Secretary of the Congregation Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples for the Doctrine of the Faith and President of the Pontifical Missionary Institute CARLO CAFFARRA ANGELO SCOLA Archbishop of Ferrara Rector of the Lateran Pontifical University and Dean of the John Paul II Institute FRANCISCO JAVIER ERRAZURIZ OSSA for Marriage and the Family Secretary of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life ELIO SGRECCIA and Societies of Apostolic Life Vice President of the Pontifical Academy for Life JORGE ENRIQUE JIMENEZ CARVAJAL, DIONIGI TETTAMANZI C.I.M. Archbishop of Genoa Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia Secretary General of CELAM GIUSEPPE UHAC Titular Archbishop of Cesarea Numidia TADEUSZ KONDRUSIEWICZ Secretary of the Congregation Apostolic Administrator of European Russia for the Evangelization of Peoples JOSÉ SARAIVA MARTINS MARIANO VIVANCO VALIENTE Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba STEFAN MARUSYN MIROSLAV PIERRE ZEVACO, C.M. Secretary of the Congregation for Oriental Churches Bishop of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar Other Members Baron ALBRECHT von BOESELAGER Monsignor IVAN MARÍN LÓPEZ Knight of Obedience, Grand Hospitaller Secretary of the Pontifical Council COR UNUM of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Professor WALTER OSSWALD Rev. ANGELO BRUSCO President of the International Federation Superior General of the Ministers of the Sick of Catholic Medical Associations (Camillians) Rev. PASCUAL PILES Sister JUANA ELIZONDO Prior General of the Hospital Order of St. John of God Superior General of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Sister ALICE-MARIE RAVENEAUX Superior General of the Sisters of Charity of St. Charles Sister MARIA ISILDA FREITAS Superior General of the Franciscan Hospital Sisters Dr. MARCELLO SACCHETTI of the Immaculate Conception Gentleman of His Holiness Dr. ALAIN LEJEUNE Sister PHILOMENA SHEERIN President of the International Federation Superior General of the Medical Missionaries of Mary of Catholic Pharmacists Mrs. CLAUDE TRONTIN-DREUX Sister TERESA LOPEZ-BEORLEGUI Intercontinental Coordinator of the Catholic Fraternity Superior General of the Hospital Sisters of the Sick and Disabled of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Professor JUAN DE DIOS VIAL CORREA Brother PIERLUIGI MARCHESI President of the Pontifical Academy for Life 5 Former Prior General of the St. John of God Brothers Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Consultors Most Rev. UGO DONATO BIANCHI Rev. RUDESINDO DELGADO PEREZ Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-S. Angelo in Vado, Italy National Ecclestiastical Assistant to the Association of Catholic Health Care Workers, Spain Most Rev. JAVIER OSÉS FLAMARIQUE Bishop of Huesca, Spain Rev. RENATO DI MENNA, M.I. Provincial Delegate for the St. Camillus Mission Most Rev. ANDREAS LAUN, OSFS in Burkina Faso Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria Emeritus Professor of Moral Theology Most Rev. JOSEF VOSS at the St. Jean Seminary Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany Rev. BONIFACIO HONINGS, O.C.D. President of Caritas Consultor to the Congregation Monsignor IGNACIO CARRASCO for the Doctrine of the Faith DE PAULA Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life Emeritus Professor of Moral Theology Professor of Moral Theology at the Athenaeum at the Lateran Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome Rev. JOSEPH JOBLIN, S.J. Monsignor JAMES CASSIDY Professor of Social Doctrine Responsible for the International Association at the Gregorian Pontifical University of Catholic Healthcare Institutions, USA Ecclesiastical Assistant to the International Committee of Nurses and Social-Medical Workers (CICIAMS) Monsignor MAURO COZZOLI Rev. VITOR FEYTOR PINTO Professor of Fundamental Moral Theology Director of the National Office at the Lateran Pontifical University for the Health Ministry in Portugal Monsignor FERDINAND KAYAVIL Rev. BALDO SANTI, OMD Former President Executive Vice President of Caritas in Chile of the Catholic Hospital Association of India Director of Benziger Hospital Rev. KRZYSZTOF SZCZYGIEL Director of the Bioethics Institute Monsignor TADEUSZ STYCZEN at the Pontifical Theological Academy Member of the Executive Council in Krakow, Poland of the Pontifical Academy for Life Professor of Ethics Abbot ATHANASE WASWANDI at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Sociologist and Moral Theologian Vice Rector of the Catholic Faculties in Kinshasa, Zaire Monsignor ITALO TADDEI Consultor to the Congregation for Bishops Mother M. MAURIZIA BIANCUCCI Superior General of the Benedectine Sisters Rev. DOMINGO M. BASSO for Reparation to the Holy Face Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina of Our Lord Jesus Christ Sister SETSUKO MAIHARA Professor LINO MOTTIRONI President of the Association of Catholic Vice President of the International Federation Medical Institutions, St. Mary’s Hospital, Japan of Catholic Pharmacists Professor ALESSANDRO BERETTA Professor BERNARD NATHANSON ANGUISSOLA Professor of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, President of the Italian Institute for Social Medicine Clinical Associate at the New York Medical College, USA Dr. GIUSEPPE ASTEGIANO Dr. DINA NEROZZI-FRAJESE Member of the Board of Trustees of the Researcher in Experimental Medicine Vitae Mysterium Foundation at La Sapienza University, Rome of the Pontifical Academy for Life Vice President of the School for Professional Nurses Dr. HUGO OBIGLIO, O.M. of the Sisters of Mercy Member of the Pontifical