At the end of June in Rome there was the meeting of the AMCI (Italian Association of Catholic Physicians). The meeting had an objective: "To establish a political line for defending life and the family by the catholic physicians in the political sphere". Amongst the speakers there were Rocco Buttiglione, Carlo Casini, Domenico Di Virgilio, Paola Binetti, Alberico Navarini, Mons. Rino Fisichella who pointed out the "arrogance of laicists on themes which concern human nature" in his speech, when he stated: "imposing silence on Catholics, is like violence". This is where we focus our attention, on the contradictions in politicians who claim that they are Catholic and then ignore the indications of the Holy Father, creating confusion. Verbal statements are only valid when they are coherently followed by facts. For example: Paola Binetti carried out a thorough job as president of the referendum committee on the referendum called to limit the use of embryos in research, asking Catholics for their support. Subsequently she once again asked the Catholics for their support, in the coalition in which there are other political groups and "personalities" supporting unlimited experiments on embryos and which support all those initiatives undermining human nature and the family. However, it does not stop there, in the Senate she voted in favour of an initiative of Mussi who removed Italy's signature from the committee established with another two nations to limit experimentation on embryos. Indeed, her vote neutralised the result of the referendum.
We have had the fortune and the privilege to personally meet Padre Pio, José Maria Escrivà de Balaguer, Padre Lombardi, Mons. Ferro and others who it would take too long to mention. In all of them, despite their different personalities, we have found faith, coherence, intransigence and the rectitude to which we refer today.
The scientific part of this issue is entirely dedicated to the Neurosciences, with one of the most advanced researches in the medical field which will undoubtedly trigger developments and give answers to those questions which we are still asking about the mysteries of the mind.
It is a step of the scientific progress which we have already touched on in the past in 1992 and which we will continue to follow with great interest and passion.

 

Genina Iacobone