Feb. 11 commemorates the 29th edition of World Day of the Sick. It's an occasion to devote special attention to the sick and their caretakers.<\/p>\n
Thinking about \u201cthose who have suffered, and continue to suffer, the effects of the worldwide pandemic,\u201d the pope sent a message expressing his closeness to the poor and marginalized.<\/p>\n
STANDING AGAINST HYPOCRISY<\/strong><\/p>\n He makes an invitation \u201cto stop and listen, to establish a direct and personal relationship with others, to feel empathy and compassion, and to let their suffering become our own as we seek to serve them.\u201d<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> VULNERABILITY AND NEED<\/strong><\/p>\n The pope highlights that \u201csickness makes us realize our own vulnerability and our innate need of others.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSickness raises the question of life's meaning, which we bring before God in faith. In seeking a new and deeper direction in our lives, we may not find an immediate answer.\u201d<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> SICKNESS HAS A FACE<\/strong><\/p>\n The pope notes that \u201csickness always has more than one face. It has the face of all the sick, but also those who feel ignored, excluded and prey to social injustices that deny their fundamental rights.\u201d<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> GIVING VALUE TO RELATIONSHIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n The pope insists that for a therapy to be effective, it must have a relational aspect, which also helps those who care for the sick to accompany them on a path of healing, thanks to an interpersonal relationship based on trust.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> That's why he stressed that \u201ca society is all the more human to the degree that it cares effectively for its most frail and suffering members, in a spirit of fraternal love.\u201d<\/p>\n Daniel D\u00edaz Vizzi The theme of the 29th edition is \u201cYou have but one teacher and you are all brothers (Mt 23:8). A trust-based relationship to guide care for the sick.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3YuHkkTGmIw","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bgiornatamalatieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bgiornatamalatiint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n January 4, 2021
\n \u201cWe do not know what 2021 holds for us, but what each one of us, and all of us together, can do is to take care of each other and of creation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n May 10, 2020
\n \u201cThis anguish, in which difficulty is added to difficulty, cannot be overcome alone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n March 27, 2020
\n \u201cIn this storm, the facade of those stereotypes with which we camouflaged our egos, always worrying about our image, has fallen away. We carried on unperturbed, thinking we would stay healthy in a world that was sick.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n June 22, 2020
\n \u201cWith you, patients often felt they had angels at their sides, who helped them recover their health, and who simultaneously consoled them, supported and sometimes accompanied them to the threshold of the final meeting with the Lord.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n Translation: CT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"