” “From tomorrow, Barcelona is going to be the world’s capital of the Catholic medical associations (Fiamc) that will meet for the 22nd International Congress to address poverty from the perspective of globalisation. The archbishop of Barcelona, mgr. Lluís Martínez Sistach, recalled in his speech that the purpose of the meeting is to "raise awareness" of the "exaggerated inequalities existing between the care taken of the sick in developed and underdeveloped countries". "This amazing difference shows there’s no justice and solidarity between the countries of the earth in their access to basic necessities", he said. The only solution is "a worldwide policy of sympathetic globalisation", since "the abundance of goods and services available in some parts of the world" is mainly in the "developed North", while "the South is unacceptably lagging behind". And he mentioned that "wherever medicine is not a trade, as in Africa, it is the Church and the Christian religions that mostly take care of the sick". The Congress consists of 5 official sessions, 6 workshops and over 50 exhibitions and supporting events. The goal is to see how the Catholic doctors can help reduce poverty in the world.” “
