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Thursday, November 16, 2006

PASTORAL ASPECTS OF TREATING INFECTIOUS DISEASE


VATICAN CITY, NOV 16, 2006 (VIS) - In the Holy See Press Office at 11.30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 21, the presentation will take place of an international conference on the theme: "Pastoral aspects of the treatment of infectious diseases," promoted by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care. The conference is due to be held from November 23 to 25 in the Vatican's New Synod Hall.

  Participating in Tuesday's press conference will be Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, Bishop Jose L. Redrado O.H., and Fr. Felice Ruffini M.I., respectively president, secretary and under secretary of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care; Rosa Merola, psychotherapist and consultant to the Italian ministry of justice; and Nicola Petrosillo, director of the 2nd division of the Rome-based "L. Spallanzani" National Institute for Infectious Diseases.
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