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The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers was set up by the Motu Proprio...

The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers was set up by the Motu Proprio Dolentium Hominum of 11 February 1985, by Pope John Paul II who reformed the Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers into its present form in 1988. It is part of the Roman Curia with Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski as its President. The apostolic constitution Pastor Bonus describes the work of the council as Its tasks also include coordinating the activities of different dicasteries of the Roman Curia as they relate to health care. The Pontifical Council explains and defends the teachings of the Church on health issues. The Council also follows and studies programs and initiatives of health care policy at both international and national levels, with the goal of extracting its relevance and implications for the pastoral care of the Church. The pontifical council is composed of a president, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, a secretary, Bishop José Luis Redrado Marchite, O.H., and an under-secretary, Fr. Felice Ruffini, M.I., besides a staff of 6 officials. The 36 members and 50 consultors, nominated by the pope, represent Curia dicasteries and organisations, the