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Pope chooses theme for World Day of the Sick 2026

Pope chooses theme for World Day of the Sick 2026

Friday, September 26, 2025

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Loving someone who is sick requires “concrete gestures of closeness,” just like that shown in the Gospel story of the Samaritan who helps the person beaten… The post Pope chooses theme for World Day of the Sick 2026 first appeared on OSV News.

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