I solemnly promise...

To continually improve my professional abilities, in order to give my patients the best care I can...
To respect my patients as human persons, putting their interests ahead of political and economic consideration, and to treat them without prejudice arising from religious, racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, or sexual differences...
  • To defend and protect human life from conception to its natural end, believing that human life, transmitted by parents, is created by God and has an eternal destiny that belongs to Him...
  • To refuse to become an instrument of violent or oppressive applications of medicine...
  • To serve the public health, promoting health policies respectful of life and of the dignity and nature of the human person...
  • To cooperate with the application of just laws, except on grounds of conscientious objection when the civil law does not respect human rights, especially the right to life...
  • To work with openness toward every person, independently of their religious beliefs...
  • And to donate part of my time for free and charitable care of the poor.

In order to achieve these goals, I also promise...

  • To recognize the Word of God as the inspiration of all my actions, to be faithful to the teachings of the Church, and to form my professional conscience in accord with them...
  • To cultivate a filial relationship with God, nourished by prayer, and to be a faithful witness of Christ...
  • To practice Catholic moral principles, in particular those related to biomedical ethics...
  • To express the benevolence of Christ in my life, and in my relationships with patients, colleagues, and society...
  • And to participate in evangelization of the suffering world, in cooperation with the pastoral ministry of the Church.
Approved by the World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations  and the Pontifical Council for Healthcare Workers