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Website: http://www.fiamc.org NEWSLETTERS by Gian-Luigi Gigli, Salvino Leone, & François Blin   Newsletter 16: June 2007 Congrès de Bioéthique, Ouagadougou, 4-6 October 2007 "Ensemble pour la promotion d'une authentique culture de la vie" 11th Congress of FEAMC, Gdansk, POLAND, 11-14th September 2008 "Natural law and statutory law in contemporary European medicine" Message from FIAMC for the 15th World Day of the Sick Message of his Holiness Benedict XVI for the 15th World Day of the Sick (Seoul, Korea, 11th February 2007) Testamento biologico, by Gian-Luigi Gigli (from "Avvenire", 12 luglio 2007) "C'è una piano inclinato che porta all'eutanasia" XXII International Conference, Vatican City, 15-17th November 2007 "The pastoral care of sick elderly people" Argentina: Doctors against abortion liberalization Perfil del maestro católico de medicina, by His Eminency card. Lozano Barragan (Vaticano, abril 15 de 2007) Newsletter 15: April 2007 Welcome back, Newsletter, by Salvino Leone FIAMC Executive Committee meeting, Rome, 9 March 2007 Death of Dr John Billings, 1st April 2007 MaterCare International: projects in Ghana Christmas Letter: December 2005 In nativitate domini 2005 Gian Luigi Gigli, MD, President - Don Maurizio Calidari, Eccl. Assistant Introductory words, by François Blin Canada debating wild euthanasia General Assembly of the International Catholic Organisations in Jerusalem, 17-22th Nov. 2005: Report on Bioethics European Union conference says world is a cruel place because of Catholic Church US Catholic Medical Association links medicine and spirituality Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care: XX International Conference, Vatican, 17-19th November 2005: "The human genome: biological, medical and ethical prospects" Human dignity is not diminished by genetic defects Pope warns against science that seeks autonomy from moral norms, individual human dignity (21th November 2005) Contraceptive dangers: concerns continue over harmful side effects Message of Card. Javier Lozano Barragán on the occasion of the World AIDS Day (December 1, 2005) Pope to Bishops: Make everyone understand the "evil of the crime of abortion " Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI for the XIV World Day of the Sick Swiss hospital permits euthanasia Summer Letter: August 2005 Help to the victims of the Tsunami (26 Dec. 2004) World Day of the Sick (Yaounde, Cameroon, 11 Feb. 2005) FIAMC Executive Committee meeting (Rome, 4-5 March 2005) Death of our Holy Father, the Great Pope John Paul II (2 April 2005) FIAMC congratulates the new Holy Father (20 April 2005) Struggle against euthanasia in the Council of Europe Farewell from Father Vitor Feytor Pinto Welcome to Father Maurizio Calipari Oral contraceptives increase risk of some cancers (3 August 2005) Newsletter 12: The disaster of tsunami, day after day Call to donations How to donate Vatican/FIAMC: First call Indonesia: first information from the field Singapore: what is better to do? Singapore: first actions of the catholic medical guild and ideas for an intervention on a larger scale Vatican/FIAMC: call to donations Indonesia: scenes from the area of the disaster in the Aceh province Sri Lanka/FIAMC: happy to know you are safe Indonesia: Sumatra catholic doctors at work in Aceh Singapore: discussing what is better to do, considering political constraints Vatican: Caritas Internationalis reply to FIAMC offer Malaysia: first impression and decision Canada: Matercare International offer its obstetrical services Indonesia: reply to Matercare Singapore: supply of masks and gloves to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka: description of immediate needs and first requests Singapore: discussions on priorities Spain: aid for the victims of tsunami from the FIAMC world congress Malaysia: little damage in the country, the catholic doctors mobilise in favour of those most in need Sri Lanka: the catholic doctors of Sri Lanka at work Malaysia: team announced to be leaving to Aceh on January 6th. website in preparation Pakistan: catholic doctors offer a medical team Korea: asian catholic doctor should act through FIAMC Sri Lanka: update on the local situation: God loves ! Canada: donation from Matercare International Singapore: prerequisites for the project Indonesia: West Java catholic doctors in action, but foreseeing a longer term reconstruction program Indonesia: support to the long term initiative Malaysia: a blog of the asian catholic doctors to facilitate communications Korea: generous donation and participation in medical team to Sri Lanka France: contribution of FEAMC Malaysia: report coming back from Aceh Indonesia: report on the situation and activity in Aceh Indonesia: the catholic doctors join the effort of perdhaki in helping the victims Japan: generous contribution of the Japan catholic medical association Indonesia: catholic doctors of Sumatra still at work in Banda Aceh: a team returns, a new team leaving Malaysia: report of the catholic doctors association of Malaysia on their mission in Banda Aceh United Nations: relief aid abounds, but not a consensus on its use expert warns of doing more harm than good Vatican / United Nations: solidarity towards tsunami victims should not end, says Mgr Migliore at the United Nations Newsletter 11: January 2005 Vatican: FIAMC activates a fund in favor of the victims of the tsunami Neurorehabilitation, Volume 19, Number 4, 2004 Special Issue: Life-sustaining treatments in vegetative state: scientific advances and ethical dilemmas Vatican: A new president for the pontifical academy for life Vatican: XIII World Day of the Sick, 2005 Chile: IV Congress of the Catholic Doctors of Latin America (FAMCLAM) Korea : South Korea approves cloning research Korea : More on South Korea approval of cloning research Australia: Farmaceuta se niega a vender la píldora "del día siguiente" United Kingdom: La píldora "del día siguiente" no reduce ni los embarazos ni los abortos Netherlands: Healthy patients deserve euthanasia, too, say dutch doctors USA: Alabama man lives in coma for 23 years Poland: Human Rights activists reject un call for legalized abortion in Poland Malaysia: The Catholic Doctors of Malaysia on the dark side of assisted conception Argentina: A new web site for the Catholic Doctors of Argentina Newsletter 10: December 2004 USA: Judge Denies New Trial on Terri Schiavo's Catholic Faith and Euthanasia Brazil: Brazilian Highest Court annuls the liminary which allowed abortion of anencephalic babies, but action is still waiting for a definitive sentence. Vatican: Holy Father urges respect for the disabled and that includes the unborn, he stresses Taiwan: Love, Hope and Faith in Family Health Care: the Asian Federation of Catholic Doctors holds its 13th Congress Taiwan: Card. Lozano at the 13th Congress of the Asian Federation of Catholic Doctors. Vatican: AIDS: "Reduction of the price of the anti-viral drugs needed to treat HIV/AIDS patients; intensification of information campaigns in order to avoid mother/child transmission of the virus; greater attention for most vulnerable social groups." France: « Laisser mourir», pas «faire mourir» Argentina: Médicos católicos rechazan "educación" sexual que vulnera derechos de los padres UNO: United Nations Now Pushes Chile and Malta to Legalize Abortion UNO: Aborto: otro comite exige legalizarlo. Reacción del arzobispo de Malta Spain: Científicos de élite revelan que las células madre de embriones no son seguras y causan tumores France: The French Parliament approves the law on end-of-life rights Netherlands: Dutch euthanasia cases Korea: Koreans claim that adult stem cells have cured paralysed woman Switzerland: Switzerland gives green light to embryonic stem cell research Hong Kong: Des médecins catholiques de Hong Kong sont à l'oeuvre pour la formation sanitaire dans le Diocèse de Taunggyi au Myanmar United Kingdom: The Sunday Times, 12.12.2004 Spain / UK: FIAMC Assails "Complicity" in Illegal Abortions and asks British and Spanish Parliaments to Intervene on the Ginemedex case, the Barcelona clinic for late illegal abortions on British women Spain/UK: Ginemedex, the Barcelona clinic for late illegal abortions on British women, discovered by the Catalunyan Catholic Doctors and the Sunday Telegraph, arrives to the Spanish Parliament United Kingdom: A right to die? I'm more concerned that everyone has the right to live (The Times/U.K.) Italy: John Paul II's Prescription for "Genuine" Medicine. Message to the Italian Catholic Doctors Association Spain: Médicos católicos europeos alertan en Barcelona sobre "la ola de laicismo que sufre Europa" Ukraine: Ukrainian Catholic Doctors on the local political sitution BOOKS: Norman M. Ford and Michael Herbert, STEM CELLS: Science, Medicine, Law and Ethics Newsletter 9: September 2004 A new FIAMC project! We are going to edit a book about Saints Doctors. Statement by FIAMC for the 2004 Universal Forum of the Cultures in Barcelona : Cultural diversity Sustainable development Conditions for peace Los médicos católicos y el Fòrum Press release: Holland authorises euthanasia on children Some bioethical news on abortion: World Health Organization officially admits legal abortion is not "safe" for women At the United Nations disabled groups seek protection for disabled unborn children Trials serve as impetus for unborn child Pain Awareness Act World Youth Alliance is granted ECOSOC status by the United Nations Newsletter 8: May 2004 18 May 2004: Happy birthday John Paul II !!! (Born in Wadowice, Poland, 18 May 1920) FIAMC press release (19 February 2004): Human embryo cloning by Korean Scientists Canonization of Gianna Beretta Molla, paediatrician Bioethics Research developments with adult stem cells Europe-Euthanasie : A propos du rapport Marty Usage thérapeutique des cellules souches de la moelle osseuse (ZENIT.org, vendredi 7 mai 2004) FDA decides to keep morning-after pill from going over-the-counter México: Médicos Católicos denuncian la nueva esclavitud por clonación Newsletter 7: April 2004 JOHN PAUL II: 25 YEARS WITH THOSE WHO SUFFER AND WITH THEIR DOCTORS Medicine, promotion of Health and Defence of Life Documents, speeches and messages from 1978 to 2003 Presentation of the CD-Rom: Dr Gian-Luigi Gigli, President of FIAMC Preface: Mgr Elio Sgreccia, Vice-President of the Pontifical Academy for Life How to get the CD-Rom (free) Technical Note Newsletter 6: March 2004 Holy Father's address to Congress participants Address of the President of FIAMC to the Holy Father FIAMC's final statement on Vegetative State (open for electronic signatures) Website of the Congress on "Life-Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative State: Scientific advances and ethical dilemmas" (Rome, 17-20 March 2004) Newsletter 5: February 2004 Vote on euthanasia at the Council of Europe 10 Sept. 2003: Council of Europe, Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee: Dick Marty's Report (complete text)    FIAMC statement on euthanasia   FEAMC statement on euthanasia        The project is withdrawn ! 1-4 July 2004, Bratislava (Slovak Republic): 10th Congress of FEAMC, New Challenges for Medicine and Health Care in Europe Newsletter 4: January 2004 8 Jan. 2004, Vatican: Dignity and rights of the mentally handicapped La asociación médicos cristianos de Cataluña recuerda que una afectada de sida puede tener un bebé sano Arkansas man awakes from coma after 19 years 23-25 Sept. 2004 Orlando, Florida: Annual Meeting of the Catholic Medical Association of USA Obituitary: Anton Svajger (6 June 1935 - 16 Dec. 2003) Bioethics updates intensive study weeks in Rome, Pontifical Regina Apostolorum University School of Bioethics (29 March - 3 April 2004, and 28 June - 3 July 2004) 9-11 Feb. 2004, Lourdes (France): XII World Day of the Sick, The Immaculate Conception and Health in the Christian Roots of Europe Newsletter 3: 15 December 2003 1 Dec. 2003: Message of His Holiness John-Paul II for the Twelfth World Day of the Sick, Lourdes, France (11 Feb. 2004) Announcements of meetings: 17-20 March 2004, Rome: Life-sustaining treatments and Vegetative State: Scientific Avances and Ethical Dilemmas 1-4 July 2004, Bratislava (Slovak Republic): 10th Congress of FEAMC, New Challenges for Medicine and Health Care in Europe 25-27 Nov. 2004 Taipei (Taiwan): Conference of the Asian-Pacific Federation of Catholic Health Care Associations. Main Theme: Love, Faith, and Hope in family health care. 10 Nov. 2003: Brits ready for face off (By Isabel Oakeshott, Evening Standard) Update on non-heart-beating organ donation Newsletter 2: 30 November 2003 14 Nov. 2003, Vatican: International Conference on depression, organized by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry. Closing adress of the Pope (Eng, Fra, Ita) Catholic Medical Association of USA: Association between abortion and breast cancer 12 Nov. 2003: China bars in-vitro fertilization 17 Nov. 2003: British Government supports euthanasia of the mentally handicapped 1 Nov. 2003: Taker of abortion pill died due to infection Prayer before surgery Newsletter 1: 15 November 2003 7-9 Nov. 2003: Executive Committee / Bureau de la FIAMC 10 Nov. 2003: Speech of the Pope to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences 9 Nov. 2003: Beatification of Luigi Maria Monti 6 Nov. 2003: The way to the altar of Dr. Tarrés 21 Oct. 2003, Terri Schiavo artificial nutrition divides America 27 Aug. 2003: Statement of the catholic bishops of Florida