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January 8, 2019

Fight the culture of waste by caring for the sick, marginalized, Pope says on World Day of the Sick

A nurse cares for a premature baby in an incubator in 2018 at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. In his message for the World Day of the Sick, celebrated Feb. 11, Pope Francis said life is "a gift from God" that is "best suited to challenging today's individualism and social fragmentation."
VATICAN – Generously caring for the sick and the marginalized is the best way to combat a culture of waste and indifference that seeks to control and manipulate life, Pope Francis said.
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December 10, 2017

Christian vocation is to serve life, health, Pope says

A religious sister is seen comforting a sick woman in 2016 at Snehadam Old Age Home in Gurgaon, India.
VATICAN – The Catholic Church's care for the sick, especially through Catholic-run hospitals, is an antidote to "the business mentality that is seeking worldwide to turn health care into a profit-making enterprise," Pope Francis said.
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