World Day of the Sick - February 11
February 15 , 2023
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- The day was established to encourage Catholic Christians to pray for those who are sick and suffering.
- The day was established to give hope to them.
- The World Day of the Sick was created in 1992 by Pope John Paul II.
- The head of the Catholic Church had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) a year earlier.
- But Pope John Paul II and the Vatican Church had managed to keep it under wrap for nearly 12 years.
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