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Primer foro de medicina y salud
La Fundación Dr. Ramón Tallaj en torno al mensaje del Santo Padre Francisco para la 30º Jornada Mundial del Enfermo “Sean misericordiosos, así como el Padre de ustedes es misericordioso”, organizó el primer “Foro de Medicina y Salud” con el objetivo de recibir conferencias de diferentes actores que accionan en el campo de la Salud, con su reflexión humana y espiritual
World of The Sick
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE THIRTIETH WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
“Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful” (Lk 6:36). Standing beside those who suffer on a path of charity.
New Year and Hope
Human beings live because we dream, we imagine, and hope for a better tomorrow. Hope is the engine of human life. When I graduate, when I get married, when I have my first job, my first house, my first child, my first car, my first vacation, tomorrow, in two years, in five years, in ten years, everything will change, everything will be better… Without hope, life would have no meaning; it would not be worth living. And so, during our daily wait for hope, from the best and noblest desires of every human being, our lives pass by waiting for better times…
The Christmas Spirit
A characteristic of our time, society, and postmodern culture is the ignorance, loss, and emptying of the original and primary meanings, truths, and essences of everything we live in our daily lives. For example, we listen to folk music from different regions of the world without ever having attended the festivals that give rise to the melodies, without knowing where the traditions were born, and the names of the instruments used, etc. In our metropolises, children and young people consume all kinds of dairy products without ever having approached a living cow, etc. Reality has ceased to be what it was and has become a self-serving virtual reality—one that is biased and manipulated. This happens especially during the Christmas festivities that men and women over much of the planet celebrate every year.
Image and build hapiness
We do not know if this is the end of history or just the end of this history. Today, it seems that the “no future” stories that underpinned—especially in the 1960s—the emergence of postmodernity have come true because humanity is living through a moment of convulsions, uncertainty, and changes. We still do not know if we live in an era of change or a change of era.
Giving thanks challenges us all
Every year at this time, the men and women who live in this Nation and the Americans living outside these borders prepare for the celebration of THANKSGIVING DAY. Thanksgiving is a national and family holiday that commemorates and traces its historical roots to the meeting that took place, in Plymouth (Massachusetts) around 1621, between the first pilgrims or colonists to come to these landsfrom England and the original natives of this Nation, the Wampanoag, in which they shared food and gave thanks for their crops. Today, four hundred years later, we continue to celebrate this meeting, joining together to give thanks for all the good fortune we have received during the year. Around our tables, we share a family banquet that has turkey as the main dish.
República Dominicana: Iglesia presenta documental sobre Ramón Pané
Como miembro de la Iglesia Católica, como laico comprometido con las causas por la misión de la Iglesia en el Mundo y como discípulo convencido de Jesús de Nazaret, estoy muy contento de poder apoyar iniciativas que contribuyan a los esfuerzos de la tarea evangelizadora de la Iglesia, especialmente en América Latina, siempre en la búsqueda de la construcción de un mundo más justo, más humano, según lo valores del Evangelio.
Me inspira, me seduce y me compromete, de manera especial, el Jesús que los evangelios presentan curando, sanando, liberando, salvando y conduciendo a los seres humanos a la felicidad, a la vida plena y abundante, mediante el mandamiento nuevo del amor, en el reconocimiento de que todos somos hermanos, hijos del mismo Padre.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Every October, we celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Excluding skin cancers, breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women. It is estimated that in 2020, approximately 30% of all new women cancer diagnoses will be breast cancer.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States as well as many countries paused their breast cancer screening programs, it is crucial that all women who would have been screened during the pandemic, do not miss out as it is still not too late.
National childhood obesity awareness month
SOMOS Community Care works with parents and community-based organizations, so every child has the opportunity to grow up healthy and active. September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, which is a good moment to remember that childhood obesity is a serious public health problem that about one in five children (19%) in the U.S. faces.
Obesity puts kids at a higher risk of having many serious health conditions, including asthma, sleep apnea, bone, and joint problems, and type 2 diabetes. Obese children may also have high blood pressure and high cholesterol, putting them at risk for heart disease. In addition to these issues, overweight children may face bullying, which can lead to social isolation, depression, and lower self-esteem.
Brothers and sisters all: Let's build hope!
On October 3, 2020, on the eve of the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi and in the eighth year of his Pontificate, Pope Francis presented, to the Catholic faithful of the entire world and all men and women of good will, his third Encyclical Letter on FRATERNITY AND SOCIAL FRIENDSHIP, with the title “FRATELLI TUTTI” (Brothers and Sisters All), words so often spoken by the "Poverello" of Assisi.
With these two words, the title of the encyclical, Pope Francis, like Francis of Assisi, calls for a “fraternal openness that allows us to acknowledge, appreciate and love each person, regardless of physical proximity, regardless of where he or she was born or lives.” (1)
On the power of scripture in the healing of trauma
THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE is the most common trauma suffered by Americans, followed by the betrayal by a trusted person, domestic abuse, and sexual abuse, a new study commissioned by the American Bible Society (ABS) found. Add to this the society-wide coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing crisis sparked by racial inequality; and, not to forget, unemployment and poverty, all in the run-up to a bitterly contested election. The country is traumatized, as is the whole world, of course.