January 13, 2024 / 08:20 AM
In his message for the XXXII World Day of the Sick, which will be celebrated on February 11, 2024, the feast of the Virgin of Lourdes, Pope Francis encourages “the culture of tenderness and compassion to grow,” and remembers that “The sick, the frail, the poor are at the heart of the Church.”
The message was broadcast this January 13 by the Press Office of the Holy See, and has as its central point a biblical quote from Genesis: “It is not convenient for man to be alone.”
The Holy Father highlights that “from the beginning, God, who is love, created the human being for communion, inscribing the relational dimension in his being. Thus, our life, modeled in the image of the Trinity, is called to be fully realized in the dynamism of relationships, friendship and mutual love. “We were created to be together, not alone.”