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World Day of the Sick

Archbishop José H. Gomez anoints the forehead of an attendee to the annual World Day of the Sick Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels on Feb. 7. (Juanito Holandez Jr.)

LA's World Day of the Sick Mass focuses on SoCal wildfire victims

Tom Hoffarth|Feb 11, 2026|6 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets a young woman in a wheelchair after leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer in front of the papal palace in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Aug. 17, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Everyone can be a good Samaritan, pope says in message for world's sick

Carol Glatz|Jan 20, 2026|3 Min Read

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Prayer can change people's hearts, pope says at canonization Mass

Carol Glatz|Feb 11, 2024|5 Min Read

Tom Condon, left, and Ann Sanders, right.

World Day of the Sick: Two lives went from serving to sick, and vice versa

Mike Cisneros|Feb 5, 2024|4 Min Read

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Full text of Bishop O’Connell’s last recorded homily

Bishop David O'Connell|Feb 22, 2023|6 Min Read

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LA’s Mass for the Sick offers ‘spiritual antidote’ amid troubling times

Tom Hoffarth|Feb 14, 2023|4 Min Read

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Church's mission is seen in care for the sick, pope says in message

Cindy Wooden|Jan 10, 2023|4 Min Read

Caregivers push the sick and disabled at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southwestern France in this May 16, 2014, file photo. In a message for the Feb. 11 World Day of the Sick, Pope Francis emphasized a patient-centered approach to medical care. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Francis: Visiting the sick is a Christian imperative

Hannah Brockhaus|Jan 4, 2022|4 Min Read

Archbishop Gomez and Bishop O’Connell celebrate the annual World Day of the Sick Mass Feb. 13, 2021, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. (Victor Alemán)

Amid pandemic, LA’s annual Mass for the sick finds a deeper meaning

Angelus Staff|Feb 15, 2021|3 Min Read

A health care worker takes a swab from a homeless man for a rapid antigen COVID-19 test in Athens, Greece, Dec. 21, 2020. In his message for the Feb. 11 celebration of the World Day of the Sick, Pope Francis called on Christians to practice what they preach, including by guaranteeing equal access to health care for all people. (CNS photo/Costas Baltas, Reuters)

Pope Francis: Coronavirus pandemic has 'exposed inefficiencies' in care of the sick

Catholic News Agency|Jan 12, 2021|5 Min Read

Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Fianu of Ho, who is in charge of health issues for the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference, blesses the St. Pauline Clinic with holy water after commissioning it in Accra Feb. 7, 2020. The clinic was built by Novo Nordisk, a Danish global health care company and world leader in diabetes care, in partnership with the National Catholic Health Service. (CNS photo/Damian Avevor)

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Bishops in Ghana launch diabetic clinic to mark World Day of the Sick

Catholic News Service|Feb 10, 2020|2 Min Read

Pope Francis blesses a sick child in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 15, 2016, during a meeting with patients and workers of Rome's Bambino Gesu children's hospital. World Day of the Sick iis marked Feb. 11, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

Pope to health workers: Uphold 'the truest human right, the right to life'

Cindy Wooden|Jan 3, 2020|3 Min Read

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