Rare Diseases Day at St Teresa’s School
St Teresa’s School in Johannesburg celebrated Rare Diseases Day by purchasing stickers for R10 and wearing civvies to school. All proceeds from the sale of the stickers...
Health Care
Pope: Medical advances must be at service of those most in need
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Cutting-edge science and medical research cannot benefit only the privileged few but must be placed at the service of those most in...
Pray with the Pope: Quality of Life to the End
Intention: Let us pray that the sick who are in the final stages of life, and their families, receive the necessary medical and human care and accompaniment....
Pope: For the terminally ill, incurable does not mean ‘un-care-able’
By Carol Glatz, CNS – People who are terminally ill and their families should always receive the care and assistance they need, Pope Francis said. Incurable does...
St Camillus de Lellis Prayer
Today is the Feast of St Camillus de Lellis, patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses and physicians and the founder of the Camillians, an order dedicated...
Pope: Limited access to medication is hidden euthanasia
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Failing to provide needed medication to elderly and vulnerable people is a “hidden and progressive euthanasia,” Pope Francis said. “So often, an...
German bishop: Pastoral ministers must get training about dementia
By CNS – Dealing with dementia should be an integral part of the training and further education of pastoral ministers, said Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, deputy president of...
Archbishop Buti Tlhagale: Access to Health, Education for Refugees is Vital
Governments must promote and support access to health services for refugees, Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg has said, “because we believe the right to health care derives...
Put Health before Profits by Making Vaccine More Available
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis called for a global fight against the virus of “closed nationalism” and lack of concern for the poor by supporting “the...
Pope Francis, Jane Goodall speak on ‘what it means to be human’ at Vatican health conference
Pope Francis and Jane Goodall both offered perspectives on “what it means to be human” on the final day of an online Vatican health conference. In a...
