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How Dr. Paul Farmer put Catholic social teaching into medical practice

JesuiticalJune 25, 2021
(Bending the Arc Film/The Film Collaborative)

On our season finale, Zac and Ashley talk to Dr. Paul Farmer, the co-founder and chief strategist of Partners in Health (PIH). Founded in 1987, PIH has pioneered an approach to medicine that actually resembles Catholic social teaching’s preferential option for the poor. They talk about the challenges of bringing the Covid-19 vaccine to the poorest and sickest countries and how to salvage hope in desperate times.

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