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The Linacre QuarterlyVolume 31 | Number 1 Article 10February 1964Pope Paul VI Speaks to Surgeons ...Paul VI (Pope)Follow this and additional works at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnqRecommended CitationPaul VI (Pope) (1964) "Pope Paul VI Speaks to Surgeons ...," The Linacre Quarterly: Vol. 31: No. 1, Article 10.Available at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnq/vol31/iss1/10professions. For example, a lawyer, in search of clients might try to obtain accident suits by promising to split his fee with a hospital attendant who will recommend him to patients brought to the hospital after accidents. The moral dangers connected with such a practice are similar to those just described in the case of the fee-splitting doctor. Because of the dangers of sin in-volved in fee-splitting, as well as be-cause of the disgrace it brings to pro-fessional conduct, fee-splitting is con-demned by all professional codes. It is difficult to see how any professional person can resort to this practice with-out the guilt of sin. In addition to the objectionable features already des-cribed, the fee-splitter is a source of scandal to those who become aware that he is addicted to this degrading pract ice. It is the duty of Catholics especially, in any form of professional life, to avoid this abuse of their pro-fessional services . Very Rev. Francis J. Connell, C.SS.R., S.T.D., LL.D., L.HD. The Catholic University of America Reprinted from Liguorian, J anuary 1964, wi th kind permi ss ion of the Edi tors. Pope Paul V I speaks to Surgeons .. Speaking to parti cipants a t the 2Cth International Cong ress of G eneral and Cardiovascu lar Surgeons, th e Pope said the h uman body, w hose physica l and b iolog ica l secrets they ex plore, is a ho ly place w here di vinity res ides: " Yes, div in ity is there . Be on yo u r g uard! H uman ways are sa turated w ith the th ought of God. Man is in His image. St ill more, when grace sanct ifi es man, his bod y is not on ly th e instrument of hi s mind and its organ, it is a lso the mysterious temple of the H oly Spirit. G od lives there. " In other words, a new concept of the fl esh of man opens befo re our eyes, a concept which does not disturb the vis ion of physica l and biologica l rea lity but which on the contrary clarifies it. It fill s this vision w ith a new at tracti on, an attraction wh ich su rpasses sensi ble and aesthetic attraction . "It is an attracti on, however, w hich is so rea l and so powerful and some-times so ev il and fata l, and - shall we say - mystic. It is a new attraction which is suggested neither by p leasure nor bea uty but one w hi ch the love of Christ inspires. After express ing hi s admiration of mem bers of th e medical p rofess ion, which he described as a "diffi cult, delicate and prov idential" ca lli ng, the Pope said they were benefactors of the human race in exercising their skill s " in keep ing with th e superior and permanent laws of mo rality." "You well deserve to be prai sed and thank ed for all th e pain you relieve, and for all the diseases yo u overcome, as we ll as by a ll those who have been saved from suffering and death," th e pontiff sta ted. 22 iINACRE QUARTERLY I \ 

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