INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "HEALTH AND POWER"

VATICAN CITY, NOV 13, 2001 (VIS) - This morning in the Holy See Press Office, Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry, presented the International Conference on "Health and Power," which is promoted by his dicastery and will be held at the Vatican from November 15 to 17.

Archbishop Lozano affirmed that questions have been proposed to the scientists and specialists participating in the 16th International Conference, such as: "What is the relation between power and health in today's world? What is the place of health in today's world economy? ... What are the main health policies in our world? ... What do you think about the orientation of the means of social communication with regard to health messages? What is the influence of health professionals, of health care workers, in the current health world? ... Can we institute a dialogue with other non-Christian religions, for example with Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, regarding health? ... How can we form health professionals, Christian health care workers?" The meeting will focus on these topics and look at "the Christian concept of power where three indispensable elements are interwoven: strength, truth and love."

At the end of the presentation, Archbishop Lozano announced that his dicastery has organized an International Symposium entitled "Catholic Volunteer Work in Health Care," which will be held at the Vatican this November 30 to December 1. An estimated 5,000 volunteers are expected to participate.

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