On 5 March, 2014, a Declaration of Faith for Catholic doctors and medical students was published in a letter by Dr. Wanda P\u00f3\u0142tawska<\/a>, a friend of Pope John Paul II.\u00a0 It was subsequently signed by over 3,000 people<\/p>\n The Declaration was carved onto two stone tablets and deposited at Jasna Gora on 25 May, 2014, during a pilgrimmage of health care workers to honour the canonization of John Paul II.\u00a0 It closes with an affirmation that Catholics, including physicians,\u00a0“have a right to perform their professional activities in accordance with their conscience.”\u00a0 [Deklaracja Wiary website<\/a>]<\/p>\n
\nDeklaracja Wiary<\/h2>\n<\/td>\nDeclaration of Faith*<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n | Lekarzy katolickich i student\u00f3w medycyny w przedmiocie p\u0142ciowo\u015bci i p\u0142odno\u015bci ludzkiej<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\nOf Catholic doctors and students of medicine, on the sexuality and fertility of human beings<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\nNam \u2013 lekarzom \u2013 powierzono strzec \u017cycie ludzkie od jego pocz\u0105tku…<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | \u00a0We, doctors, entrusted to protect human life from its conception until its natural end;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 1. WIERZ\u0118<\/strong> w jednego Boga, Pana Wszech\u015bwiata, kt\u00f3ry stworzy\u0142 m\u0119\u017cczyzn\u0119 i niewiast\u0119 na obraz sw\u00f3j.<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 1. BELIEVE<\/strong> in one God, the Lord of the Universe, who created man and woman in his own image.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 2. UZNAJ\u0118,<\/strong> i\u017c cia\u0142o ludzkie i \u017cycie, b\u0119d\u0105c darem Boga, jest \u015bwi\u0119te i nietykalne: | \n– cia\u0142o podlega prawom natury, ale natur\u0119 stworzy\u0142 Stw\u00f3rca, – moment pocz\u0119cia cz\u0142owieka i zej\u015bcia z tego \u015bwiata zale\u017cy wy\u0142\u0105cznie od decyzji Boga.Je\u017celi decyzj\u0119 tak\u0105 podejmuje cz\u0142owiek, to gwa\u0142ci nie tylko podstawowe przykazania \nDekalogu, pope\u0142niaj\u0105c czyny takie jak aborcja, antykoncepcja, sztuczne zap\u0142odnienie, eutanazja, ale poprzez zap\u0142odnienie in vitro odrzuca samego Stw\u00f3rc\u0119.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n | 2. PROCLAIM<\/strong> that the human body and life, being gifts from God, are sacred and inviolable and that,a. The body is subject to the laws of nature but is formed by The Creator;b. The moments of human conception and dying offer us, by God\u2019s grace, the opportunity to participate in God\u2019s love, creation and passion. If a person acts by their own will to negatively alter conception and bring about death, then he or she not only violates the basic commandments of the Decalogue, committing acts such as abortion, euthanasia, contraception, artificial insemination, and\/or in vitro fertilisation, but rejects The Creator as well.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 3. PRZYJMUJ\u0118<\/strong> prawd\u0119, i\u017c p\u0142e\u0107 cz\u0142owieka dana przez Boga jest zdeterminowana biologicznie i jest sposobem istnienia osoby ludzkiej. Jest nobilitacj\u0105, przywilejem, bo cz\u0142owiek zosta\u0142 wyposa\u017cony w narz\u0105dy, dzi\u0119ki kt\u00f3rym ludzie przez rodzicielstwo staj\u0105 si\u0119 wsp\u00f3\u0142pracownikami Boga Samego w dziele stworzenia – powo\u0142anie do rodzicielstwa jest planem Bo\u017cym i tylko wybrani przez Boga i zwi\u0105zani z Nim \u015bwi\u0119tym sakramentem ma\u0142\u017ce\u0144stwa maj\u0105 prawo u\u017cywa\u0107 tych organ\u00f3w, kt\u00f3re stanowi\u0105 sacrum w ciele ludzkim.<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 3. ACCEPT <\/strong>the truth that human sexuality is a gift of God and provides the method by which human beings are ennobled with the privilege to become \u201cco-creators with God in the work of creation\u201d through parenthood. The call to parenthood is God\u2019s plan, and only those bound with Him by the holy sacrament of marriage have the ability to rightly use these gifts, which are sacred, in the human body.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 4. STWIERDZAM<\/strong>, \u017ce podstaw\u0105 godno\u015bci i wolno\u015bci lekarza katolika jest wy\u0142\u0105cznie jego sumienie o\u015bwiecone Duchem \u015bwi\u0119tym i nauk\u0105 Ko\u015bcio\u0142a i ma on prawo dzia\u0142ania zgodnie ze swoim sumieniem i etyk\u0105 lekarsk\u0105, kt\u00f3ra uwzgl\u0119dnia prawo sprzeciwu wobec dzia\u0142a\u0144 niezgodnych z sumieniem.<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 4. ACKNOWLEDGE<\/strong> that the foundation for the dignity and freedom of the Catholic doctor is exclusively his or her conscience, enlightened by the Holy Spirit and informed by the teaching of the Church, and that he or she has the right to act according to said conscience and in keeping with medical ethics that have established the doctor\u2019s right to oppose all acts that are against one\u2019s conscience.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 5. UZNAJ\u0118<\/strong> pierwsze\u0144stwo prawa Bo\u017cego nad prawem ludzkim – aktualn\u0105 potrzeb\u0119 przeciwstawiania si\u0119 narzuconym antyhumanitarnym ideologiom wsp\u00f3\u0142czesnej cywilizacji, – potrzeb\u0119 sta\u0142ego pog\u0142\u0119biania nie tylko wiedzy zawodowej, ale tak\u017ce wiedzy o antropologii chrze\u015bcija\u0144skiej i teologii cia\u0142a.<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 5. RECOGNISE<\/strong> the priority of God\u2019s law over the law of nations and,a. The current need for providing alternatives to the anti-human ideologies and dictates imposed by some contemporary societies.b. The need to constantly deepen not only professional knowledge but also the knowledge of Christian anthropology and theology of the body.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 6. UWA\u017bAM,<\/strong> \u017ce – nie narzucaj\u0105c nikomu swoich pogl\u0105d\u00f3w, przekona\u0144 \u2013 lekarze katoliccy maj\u0105 prawo oczekiwa\u0107 i wymaga\u0107 szacunku dla swoich pogl\u0105d\u00f3w i wolno\u015bci w wykonywaniu czynno\u015bci zawodowych zgodnie ze swoim sumieniem.<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 6. BELIEVE<\/strong> that, while not imposing their beliefs and opinions, Catholics, including doctors and students, have a right to perform their professional activities in accordance with their conscience.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Wysokim uznaniem darzymy tych lekarzy i cz\u0142onk\u00f3w s\u0142u\u017cby zdrowia, kt\u00f3rzy w pe\u0142nieniu swojego zawodu ponad wszelk\u0105 ludzk\u0105 korzy\u015b\u0107 przenosz\u0105 to, czego wymaga od nich szczeg\u00f3lny wzgl\u0105d na chrze\u015bcija\u0144skie powo\u0142anie. Niech niezachwianie trwaj\u0105 w zamiarze popierania zawsze tych rozwi\u0105za\u0144, kt\u00f3re zgadzaj\u0105 si\u0119 z wiar\u0105 i prawym rozumem oraz niech staraj\u0105 si\u0119 dla tych rozwi\u0105za\u0144 zjedna\u0107 uznanie i szacunek ze strony w\u0142asnego \u015brodowiska. Niech ponadto uwa\u017caj\u0105 za sw\u00f3j zawodowy obowi\u0105zek zdobywanie w tej trudnej dziedzinie niezb\u0119dnej wiedzy, aby ma\u0142\u017conkom zasi\u0119gaj\u0105cym opinii, mogli s\u0142u\u017cy\u0107 nale\u017cytymi radami i wskazywa\u0107 w\u0142a\u015bciw\u0105 drog\u0119, czego s\u0142usznie i sprawiedliwie si\u0119 od nich wymaga.<\/em><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Likewise we hold in the highest esteem those doctors and members of the nursing profession who, in the exercise of their calling, endeavor to fulfill the demands of their Christian vocation before any merely human interest. Let them therefore continue constant in their resolution always to support those lines of action which accord with faith and with right reason. And let them strive to win agreement and support for these policies among their professional colleagues. Moreover, they should regard it as an essential part of their skill to make themselves fully proficient in this difficult field of medical knowledge. For then, when married couples ask for their advice, they may be in a position to give them right counsel and to point them in the proper direction. Married couples have a right to expect this much from them. <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Pawe\u0142 VI, Humanae vitae, 27.<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Pope Paul VI, Encyclical Humanae Vitae<\/span><\/em>, 27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | \u00a0*Translation by Matercare International<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" | |