Vatican City, Nov 22, 2011 / 11:49 am
The life, death and legacy of Blessed Pope John Paul II will take center stage at an international conference for health care workers that begins Nov. 24 in Rome.
“We really hope this great Pope – great in life, great in suffering, great in death – will, even after his death, live on in our hearts,” said Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, in remarks to CNA.
“Because there is a new generation who only know him through books and through pictures,” Archbishop Zimowski explained, “we have to give testimony to his life and suffering so that people can know the good that John Paul II did for sick people.”
The conference has the theme “Health Pastoral Care, Serving Life in the Light of the Magisterium of Blessed John Paul II,” and will run from Nov. 24 to 26. The details of the agenda were officially presented this morning at the Vatican press office. The three-day event is being organized by the pontifical council for health care workers.