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THE CATHOLIC PHYSICIAN
A VOCATION AS ICON OF CHRIST THE DIVINE PHYSICIAN
Being a Catholic medical doctor is a ministry, which springs
from a
vocation within the Church. It is the mission of healing. It
is strongly
linked to God our Father and expresses Christ the Physician, full
of Love,
which is the Holy Spirit. To be a medical doctor is a path
by which to
reach and achieve the fullness of the human being. It involves
a special
nearness to, and intimacy with God; and it also means an openness
and total
giving to other people. This, then, is the Catholic identity
of the medical
doctor to be the transmittance of the healing Christ.
Javier Lozano Barragan
Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas
President of the Pontifical Council for
Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
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