The Catholic Church
Towards The Problem
of Smoking Harm Reduction
Agenda of seminar
25.05.2022 / Wednesday / 10:00
Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
Auditorium Benedetto XVI
Piazza di Sant'Apollinare 49, 00186 Rome
10:00
The common prayer of the participants and general welcome
H.E. Mons. Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi
Bishop of Nueve de Julio
10:10
General welcome
Rev. Sr. Alessandra Smerilli F.M.A
Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
10:30
Message Address His Holiness Pope Francis to the participants of the Seminar
His Holiness Pope Francis
10:40
Understanding of the common good: Reflections on the smoking harm reduction.
H.Em. Card. Michael Czerny
Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD)
Rev. Fr. Christopher Mahar on behalf of Cardinal M.Czerny
11:00
Testimony
H.E. Amb. Przemysław Häuser-Schöneich
Ambassador Of the Order of Malta to Antigua and Barbuda
11:10
The fifth commandment: 'Thou shalt not kill'. Thou shalt not kill thyself
H.E. Mons. Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi
Bishop of Nueve de Julio
11:30
The concept of freedom in the context of tobacco addiction
H.E. Mons. Grzegorz Ryś
Archbishop of Lodz
11:50
The time of two pandemics: How global experience on COVID 19 pandemic can change the way, world can tackle smoking pandemic and fight with addiction
Prof. Alejandro Videla
Austral University Hospital, Buenos Aires
12:10
Coffee break
12:30
From Columbus to Pope Francis - the end of the history of tobacco in the Vatican State
12:40
The importance of the of Catholic Church voice in international organizations (e.g. WHO) in the context of reducing the effects of smoking
H.E. Mons. Fortunatus Nwachukwu
Permanent Observer of Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva
13:00
Challenges of contemporary approach towards smoking harm reduction and increase of effectiveness of treatment
Prof. Szczepan Cofta
Clinical Hospital of Poznan University of Medical Science
13:30
Lunch Break
14:00
Burning problem
14:10
The right to full information in the light of Church teaching. The context of smoking harm reduction
Rev. Prof. Robert Nęcek
Pontifical University of John Paul II, Cracow
14:30
14:50
Smoking habit and the health of vulnerable groups migrant population at risk in the metropolis of Rome
MD Lucia Ercoli
Institute of Solidarity Medicine
15:20
EU beating cancer plan: resent development on smoking harm reduction
MD Bartosz Arłukowicz
Chief of the Beating Cancer Commission in European Parliament
15:40
A word of thanks to the participants of the seminar
Rev. Mons. Charles Namugera
Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
16:00
The common prayer of the participants
Rev. Mons. Dariusz Giers
Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development