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PAPAL MESSAGE FOR 13TH WORLD DAY OF THE SICK

VATICAN CITY, FEB 12, 2005 (VIS) - Made public today was the Holy Father's
Message to Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, president of the Pontifical Council
for the Health Care Ministry, on the occasion of yesterday's celebration of the
13th World Day of the Sick, whose principal celebration took place in Yaounde,
Cameroon from February 9 to 11. The Message to the cardinal, the Pope's special
envoy, was written in French and is dated February 1.

John Paul II thanks the president of Cameroon for hosting this world day, and
he also greets the bishops, priests, deacons and men and women religious and,
"in particular, all the health care personnel because it is due to their
generous commitment that the sick receive attention and assistance. My thoughts
join in a special way you, dear brothers and sisters, who are sick and who
carry in your bodies the signs of suffering and fragility and you, their
families, who are closest to them in their daily lives: I am close to you with
my heartfelt affection."

"This year," writes the Holy Father, "the celebration of the World Day of the
Sick takes place once again in Africa, a continent marked by many and serious
problems, but also a continent rich in extraordinary human and spiritual
resources, and animated by an intense desire for authentic peace and progress.
Africa suffers because of the many sick people who, on her soil, silently
invoke the solidarity of the entire world.

"Dear brothers and sisters of Africa, Jesus is 'a man Who knows suffering'. In
this year consecrated to the Eucharist, I invite you to unite yourselves in
your thoughts and in your heart to the sacrifice of the Mass, an endless source
of hope for all of life's trials."
JPII-MESS/WORLD DAY SICK/LOZANOVIS 050214 (300)

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