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January 28, 2013

The sick, their caregivers can gain indulgences on World Day of Sick

A Russian Orthodox nun with the Sisters of Mercy helps a patient during a visit to a local hospital in the south Russian city of Stavropol Jan. 27. The sick, their caregivers and any Catholic who prays for or lovingly assists someone who is ill can gain an indulgence with prayers and service on or around the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which the Catholic Church marks as World Day of the Sick, Feb. 11.

VATICAN CITY - The sick, their caregivers and any Catholic who prays for or lovingly assists someone who is ill can gain an indulgence with prayers and service on or around the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which the Catholic Church marks as World Day of the Sick.

Published in International