Pope John Paul II Institute of Counselling & Bioethics is an institute of Research and training in the field of Mental Heath and Bioethics under the auspices of the Diocese of Thamarassery. This institute conducts various training programmes and awareness campaigns with the specific intention of spreading the Gospel of life with all its implications in the various realms of human life The department of the bioethics of this institute draws its inspiration from the principles and values of the philosophical tradition of the ontologically founded Personalism of the Thomistic School