¨Profeta de vida y espiritualidad¨: El merecido Premio al doctor Espinosita.

Escucha la Nota A cuatro décadas de creado por Fidel el Programa de la Medicina Familiar exclusivo de Cuba, uno de sus fundadores mereció en 2023 el Premio de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud en la Gestión y Liderazgo en los servicios de salud. El Dr. Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito concedió … Read more

Don Eustachio Montemurro: doctor, municipal councilor, priest

Last January 2nd the centenary of the death of Don Eustachio Montemurro was celebrated. Mindful of this anniversary, we want to remember the event with this biographical card, as part of this weekly column. Eustachio was born in Gravina in Puglia on 1 January 1857 to the notary Giuseppe Montemurro, from Matera, and Giulia Barbarossa. … Read more

Uganda. Ambrosoli, the missionary doctor becomes blessed

Father Giuseppe Ambrosoli – Comboni Archive Remembering Father Giuseppe Ambrosoli is a precise duty of the soul for his confreres. Above all, on the occasion of this Sunday’s celebration in which he will be proclaimed blessed in his mission of Kalongo, in Northern Uganda. In fact, it is impossible not to preserve the memory of … Read more

Father Giuseppe Ambrosoli doctor and priest on mission

The mission of the Church in the world needs men capable of making the Good News intelligible. It has always been this way since Our Lord conferred the Mandatum Novum on the apostles, under the banner of evangelical charity. Therefore, if after two thousand years we can continue to cultivate the virtue of hope, it … Read more

“As a Catholic doctor, it seemed impossible to me not to listen to patients asking for euthanasia”

While I was a general practitioner in France, I discovered palliative care in 1988 on the occasion of the painful end of life of a loved one. Having first had the opportunity to work in this sector in Paris, I then moved to Belgium: I joined the palliative care team at home in my province … Read more

The 10 reasons why Therese of Lisieux, in her twenties, was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church

The anecdote of Saint Pius X’s meeting with a missionary bishop who had given him a portrait of Saint Therese of Lisieux is well known. The Pope had told him:This is the greatest saint of modern times.”. The knowledge that Pope Sarto had of Teresa came from afar and that is why he did not … Read more

Saint Teresa: woman, wanderer, restless, doctor of the Church…

Each October 15th remembered in the Church Saint Teresa of Jesus (1515-1582), Carmelite nun, reformer of her order, founder of 16 convents, writer, mystic, teacher of prayer. In 1970, Paul VI, recognizes her as the first woman, Doctor of the Church. This title is very important because it has only been awarded to 4 women … Read more

Young doctor from Cosenza in Occhiuto: “I receive contacts from other regions, never from mine”

SPEZZANO DELLA SILA (CS) – The celebrations started yesterday and will go on for 10 days, in honor of the patron saint of Calabria. Celebrations characterized by a strong sense of attachment to their roots: religious, folkloristic and food and wine. This year the solemn celebrations take on a particular meaning, because after two years … Read more

The healing of a doctor, Mario Tangari and the mystery of Natuzza

Mario Tangari’s book “Natuzza Evolo. The healing of a doctor between science and mysticism ”. To discuss it, together with the author, during a meeting moderated by the journalist Clemente Angotti and opened by the greetings of the mayor of Taverna Sebastiano Tarantino, the journalist Pino Nano, already sent and editor-in-chief of the Tgr Calabria … Read more