February 11, 2024 / 12:31 AM
This Sunday, February 11, the Church celebrates the 32nd World Day of the Sick, a date that invites us to reflect on the importance of compassion in times of fragility and illness.
For this year, the day established in 1992 has adopted as its motto the biblical quote from Genesis: “It is not convenient for man to be alone”, thus underlining the innate need of human beings for company and mutual support.”
In its message for this year, Pope Francis highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic accentuated the experience of loneliness and isolation among the sick. Many were forced to face “the hour of death alone, only assisted by health personnel, but far from their own families,” he recalls.