On the feast day of St. Luke, the patron saint of doctors, Pope Francis reminded that Catholic healthcare is called to bear witness to human dignity in the midst of the throwaway culture.
“There are no lives that are unworthy or to be discarded because they do not respond to the criterion of utility or to the demands of profit. We are experiencing a true throwaway culture; this is a bit like the air we breathe and we must react against this throw away culture,” the Pope said. The Holy Father was talking to the foundation that supports the Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital of Rome, a medical school hospital affiliated with the Catholic personal prelature Opus Dei.