Promotion and prophylaxis are related to the care about health. To be healthy, you have to take care of your health, both physical and spiritual. More and more we realize that the issue of health does not concern only a single human being or medical staff but also countries, societies and the Church, which was made clear by the COVID-19 pandemic. This article shows whether and to which degree is the Catholic Church actively engaged in the promotion of health and prophylaxis of diseases? Or does it only watch the sick offering them just spiritual support? It is worth researching this issue on the basis of selected works from the health sciences and Polish theological literature after the Second Vatican Council.
