{"id":215,"date":"2025-12-02T12:53:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewtnromania.com\/2025\/12\/02\/pope-leo-put-the-sick-at-the-center-of-society\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:53:37","slug":"pope-leo-put-the-sick-at-the-center-of-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/2025\/12\/02\/pope-leo-put-the-sick-at-the-center-of-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo: Put the Sick at the Center of Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q: Who is Pope Leo XIV?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Pope Leo XIV is the current pontiff of the Catholic Church who recently visited Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What was the main message Pope Leo XIV delivered in Lebanon?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon to place the sick and vulnerable at the center of society, emphasizing Christ&#8217;s presence in them and in those who care for them.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: Where did Pope Leo XIV deliver this message?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: He delivered the message during a visit to De La Croix Hospital in Jal el Dib, Lebanon, which is operated by the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: Why is De La Croix Hospital significant?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Founded in 1919 by Blessed Yaaqub El-Haddad, it is a significant center for psychiatric care and mental disability services in the region, serving over 2,200 people annually.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What did Pope Leo XIV say to the healthcare workers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: He praised their service as a &#8220;tangible sign of the merciful love of Christ,&#8221; comparing them to the Good Samaritan and urging them to persevere in their &#8220;great work.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What societal implication did Pope Leo XIV highlight?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: He warned that a society focused solely on achievement risks abandoning its vulnerable members and insisted that Christians are called to prioritize the poor.<\/p>\n\nThis is a summary of the article from https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/pope-leo-lebanon-sick-center-society. Visit this link to view more.\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2cAEwA0iBZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/pope-leo-lebanon-sick-center-society\">Pope Leo urges Lebanon to place the sick at the center of society<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Pope Leo urges Lebanon to place the sick at the center of society&#8221; &#8212; EWTN Vatican\" src=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/pope-leo-lebanon-sick-center-society\/embed#?secret=zRzD4R5naP#?secret=2cAEwA0iBZ\" data-secret=\"2cAEwA0iBZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Who is Pope Leo XIV? A: Pope Leo XIV is the current pontiff of the Catholic Church who recently visited Lebanon. Q: What was the main message Pope Leo XIV delivered in Lebanon? A: Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon to place the sick and vulnerable at the center of society, emphasizing Christ&#8217;s presence in [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}