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PONTIFICIA ACADEMIA PRO VITA 5th GENERAL ASSEMBLY VATICAN CITY - “AULA VECCHIA DEL SINODO” 24-27 FEBRUARY
“Because we have been sent into the world as a 'people for life', our proclamation must also become a genuine celebration of the Gospel of life. (...). For this to happen, we need first of all to foster, in ourselves and in others, a contemplative outlook.” (Evangelium vitae, 83). “By virtue of our sharing in Christ's royal mission, our support and promotion of human life must be accomplished through the service of charity, which finds expression in personal witness, various forms of volunteer work, social activity and political commitment” (Evangelium vitae, 87). “A unique responsibility belongs to health-care personnel: doctors, pharmacists, nurses, chaplains, men and women religious, administrators and volunteers. Their profession calls for them to be guardians and servants of human life” (Evangelium vitae, 89). “In harmony with the Magisterium of my Predecessors and in communion with the Bishops of the Catholic Church, I confirm that euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person. This doctrine is based upon the natural law and upon the written word of God, is transmitted by the Church's Tradition and taught by the ordinary and universal Magisterium” (Evangelium vitae, 65). PONTIFICIA ACADEMIA PRO VITA 5th GENERAL ASSEMBLY VATICAN CITY - “AULA VECCHIA DEL SINODO” 24-27 FEBRUARY Wednesday, February 24, 1999 8.00 Holy Mass: Chapel House of St. Martha President: H.E.R. Msgr. Javier Lozano Barragán 9.00 Breakfast 9.30 Welcoming Remarks by the President of the Pontifical Academy for Life Prof. Juan de Dios Vial Correa 9.45 Introduction to the Conference by the Vice President of the Pontifical Academy for Life H.E.R. Msgr. Elio Sgreccia Opening Session 10.00 Concealment of Death P. Mario Bizzotto 10.25 Psychological Effects of the Rejection of Death P. Luciano Sandrin 10.50 Cultural Dimensions and Themes of the Movement for Euthanasia Dr Philippe Schepens - Prof. Gonzalo Herranz 11.20 Coffee Break 11.50-13.00 Discussion 13.30 Lunch Second Session 15.30 Details Concerning Brain Death Prof. Corrado Manni 15.55 Dying and Death in Philosophical Reflection Prof. Robert Spaemann 16.20 Life between Natural Instinct and Moral Duty in St. Augustine P. Nello Cipriani 16.45 Dying in Theological Reflection Prof. German Grisez 17.10 Coffee Break 17.40-19.00 Discussion 19.30 Dinner
Thursday, February 25, 1999 8.00 Holy Mass: Chapel House of St. Martha President: H.E.R. Card. Alfonso López Trujillo 9.00 Breakfast Third Session 9.30 Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Legal Perspectives Prof. Kurt Schmoller 9.55 Euthanasia in Moral Reflection Dr Richard Fenigsen 10.20 Therapeutic Obstinacy, Suspension and Non-introduction of Treatments Prof. Edmund Pellegrino 10.45 The Control of Pain in Terminally Ill Persons Prof. Joannes P.M. Lelkens 11.10 Coffee Break 11.40-13.00 Discussion 13.30 Lunch Fourth Session 15.30 Palliative Treatments and Normal Cures Dr Luke Gormally 16.00 Psychological and Spiritual Care for the Dying: The Truth in the Face of Death Prof. Leonardo Ancona 16.30 “It is the Lord Who Determines Death and Life.” For a Theology of Dying Msgr. Gianfranco Ravasi 16.55 Coffee Break 17.25-19.00 Discussion 19.30 Dinner
Friday, February 26, 1999 8.00 Holy Mass: Chapel House of St. Martha President: H.E.R. Card. Paul Poupard 9.00 Breakfast Fifth Session 9.30 Contributions from the Academicians and the Corresponding Members 11.00 Coffee Break 11.30-13.00 Contributions from the Academicians and the Corresponding Members 13.30 Lunch Sixth Session 15.30 Sense of Life and Acceptance of Death P. Gonzalo Miranda 15.55 The Spiritual Life and Hope in Life Prof. Gottfried Roth 16.20 Contributions from the Academicians and the Corresponding Members 17.00 Coffee Break 17.30-19.00 Discussion and Approval of the Final Declaration 19.30 Dinner Please note: An Audience by the Holy Father has been requested. The time that it will take place will be made known during the conference itself.
Saturday, February 27, 1999 8.00 Holy Mass: Chapel House of St. Martha President: H.E.R. Msgr. Tarcisio Bertone 9.00 Breakfast Seventh Session 9.30 Talk by the President, Prof. Juan de Dios Vial Correa: Activities of the Pontifical Academy for Life 10.00 Relation of the Vice President, H.E.R. Msgr. Elio Sgreccia: Editions of the PAV 10.30 Coffee Break 11.00-12.45 General Discussion 12.45-13.00 Conclusions of the President, Prof. Juan de Dios Vial Correa 13.30 Lunch
List of Speakers – Prof. Juan de Dios Vial Correa, President of the PAV. - Rector of the Pontifical Cath. Univ. of Chile – H.E.R. Card. Alfonso López Trujillo, President of the Pont. Council for the Family – H.E.R. Card. Paul Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council of the Culture – H.E.R. Msgr. Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – H.E.R. Msgr. Javier Lozano Barragán, President of the Pontifical Council for the Past. Care for Health Care Workers – H.E.R. Msgr. Elio Sgreccia, Director of the Institute of Bioethics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome - Vice President of the Pontifical Academy for Life – P. Mario Bizzotto, Professor of Philosophy in the Theological Institute of St. Zeno, Verona – P. Luciano Sandrin, Director of the International Camillianum Institute for Pastoral Theology and Health Care, Rome – Dr Philippe Schepens, General Secretary of the “World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life” - President of the Association of Belgian Physicians “Who Respect Human Life” – Prof. Gonzalo Herranz, Director of the Department of Bioethics at the University of Navarra – Prof. Corrado Manni, Professor and Chairman of the Institute of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome – Prof. Robert Spaemann, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Munich – P. Nello Cipriani, Professor of “General Introduction to St. Augustine” in the Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome – Prof. German Grisez, Chair of Christian Ethics in Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland (USA) – Prof. Kurt Schmoller, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Univerity of Salzburg – Dr Richard Fenigsen, Doctor in Medicine and Philosophy – Prof. Edmund Pellegrino, Professor and Director of the Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University in Washington (USA) – Prof. Joannes P.M. Lelkens, Professor of Anaesthesia at the University of Maastrich – Dr Luke Gormally, Director of the Linacre Centre for Health Care Ethics of London – Prof. Leonardo Ancona, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery “A. Gemelli”, Rome – Msgr. Gianfranco Ravasi, Prefect of the Ambrosian Library, Milan – P. Gonzalo Miranda, Professor of Moral Theology at the Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum in Rome – Prof. Gottfried Roth, Professor of Pastoral Medicine at the University “Alma Mater Rudolphina”, Vienna.
Information Residences: “Casa S. Marta” - 00120 Vatican City Place of the Conference: Old Synod Hall Travel Agency: RAPTIM Organization Office: Pontificia Academia Pro Vita P A V Tel. 06 69.88.2423\06 69.88.16.93 |
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