Pope Francis blesses a sick child in Paul VI hall at the Vatican in 2016, during a meeting with patients and workers of Rome’s Bambino Gesu children’s hospital. World Day of the Sick iis marked on 11 February, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Photo: CNS, Max Rossi, Reuters On 11 February the Church observed the 28th World Day of the Sick, an occasion to be in prayerful solidarity with those suffering ill health and those who care for them. It was also an occasion to reflect on the witness and meaning of Jesus’ ministry of healing – a ministry which continues to inspire today the Catholic organisations responsible for some 80 public and private Catholic hospitals around Australia. In the Gospel we learn that healing is not simply about curing the sick. Rather as Australia’s largest non-government grouping of health, aged care and community services, Catholic Health […]
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