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Pastoral care in health as a challenge to the Church
Valentin Pozaić
; HBK – odbor za pastoral zdravstva
Sažetak
Pastoral Care in Health as a Challenge to the Church is
briefly outlined in the Decree on Priestly Training Optatam Totius
of the Second Vatican Council. Commitment of the Church to
man on the road to “our homeland in heaven” (Ph 3, 20), in the
field of health and illness, dying and death, in terms of pastoral
care, traces its roots from the very beginnings of the Church.
The presentation is structured in the following way: The entire
Church history is filled with caring for the sick; Christ’s mandate
is a permanent inspiration to the Church for a concrete response
of effective love; Illness and suffering as human reality are a
great challenge to the Church and to the faithful even today;
The pastoral constitution “Gaudium et Spes” speaks about
“the sorrow and suffering of the people of today” as about “the
sorrow and suffering of the Church”; In accordance with this is
also the activity of The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care
of Health Care Workers; The Church is called to assist in the
establishment of a new health care system and pastoral care
in health; Evangelium Vitae is a Magna Carta for the Catholic
Church on caring for the life and health; Ultimately it is about
the value of human life. Birth and death, suffering and pain,
acceptance or rejection of reality and given conditions of life, are
crucial issues for every single man, and, consequently, they are
a great challenge for the pastoral worker too. When he himself
has reconciled with the realities of life, suffering, pain and death,
he will be able to take his neighbour along that road, to offer him
comfort, understanding and encouragement.
Ključne riječi
Pastoral care in health; value of life; mission of the Church; pastoral medicine
Hrčak ID:
112247
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Datum izdavanja:
17.12.2013.
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