Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski’s Contribution to Shaping Health Care as a Guardian and Servant of Life
Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski’s Contribution to Shaping Health Care as a Guardian and Servant of Life

Summary/Abstract: The recently deceased Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, former President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, which was incorporated into the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, worked tirelessly to guide and support the sick and suffering who have a right to medical care as well as health care workers in an increasingly complex world. This article presents the mission of health care professionals as a service of the various dimensions of life. This form of service strives to restore harmony to life and integrate not only the body’s vital functions but also the physical, spiritual, psychological, and religious spheres of human life. The action of God, who often assumes the role of a physician in the Bible, is the model of such service. Healthcare serves to restore life to its full dynamism and individuals to the ability to live life to its full potential. It is also a service of the sanctity and Gospel of life, which guides healthcare professionals’ special relationship with the sick and the reality of suffering.

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