In 1992 Pope John Paul II designated 11 February, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, to be an annual day of prayer and consideration of the sick and of those who care for them. This is now known as the World Day of Prayer for the Sick which becomes, as the venerable [...]
On February 11 Church commemorates in liturgy Our Lady of Lourdes. Since 1992 it is also worldwide observed as World Day of Sick (initiated by late John Paul II). This year, it is also the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris of the John Paul II to bishops, priests, [...]