Michael Vacca

Michael Arthur Vacca is Director of Ministry, Bioethics and Membership Experience for Christ Medicus Foundation (CMF) CURO and Director of the International Catholic Jurists Forum. A widely published legal scholar, he writes on natural law, bioethics, religious freedom and natural marriage. He is certified in Catholic spiritual direction and Catholic bioethics and chairs the Healthcare Civil Rights Taskforce. He and his wife, Sarah, reside in Warren, Michigan.

Latest Search

A 19th-century stained-glass window in Vernier, Switzerland, depicts the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ.

Jesus, Our Spiritual Director and Divine Physician

COMMENTARY: Christ, the Divine Physician, calls us to union with his Sacred Heart — a path that restores the entire human person.

Michael Vacca Commentaries February 16, 2026

To understand the nature of the doctor-patient relationship, we need to begin by understanding the nature of the human person as an integration of soul, mind, and body.

A Catholic Prescription for a Healthy Doctor-Patient Relationship

COMMENTARY: When we see both the patient and the doctor as equally worthy of dignity and respect, while understanding that the role of the doctor is to serve the patient, we then have a solid foundation from which to build an ethical, life-affirming and economically sustainable health care system.

Michael Vacca Commentaries June 9, 2021

Michael Vacca

Latest Search

Jesus, Our Spiritual Director and Divine Physician

A Catholic Prescription for a Healthy Doctor-Patient Relationship

Subscription Options