Pope Francis links personal frailty to peace mission in hospital letter
Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis.
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From fragility to fraternity: Pope Francis leverages personal frailty in powerful peace appeal
Pope Francis, whose health remains “stable with slight improvements” according to the latest Vatican bulletin, reflects on how human fragility can provide clarity about life’s priorities in a letter written to an Italian newspaper.
“Human fragility has the power to make us more lucid about what endures and what passes, what brings life and what kills,” the 88-year-old pontiff writes in his message to Luciano Fontana, editor-in-chief of the Italian daily paper Corriere della Sera.
The letter, dated March 14 and written from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, responds to Fontana’s message of support during his illness.
“We must disarm words, to disarm minds and disarm the Earth,” Francis writes, asking the journalist to “relaunch and amplify his appeal for peace and disarmament.”
In the letter, the Holy Father addresses those working in media, emphasizing the critical role of thoughtful communication in a world connected by real-time technologies.
“Words are never just words: They are facts that shape human environments,” he writes. “They can connect or divide, serve the truth or use it for other ends.”
Despite his hospitalization, the papal letter shows Francis remains focused on his persistent calls for peace amid ongoing global conflicts, suggesting that “diplomacy and international organizations are in need of new vitality and credibility.”
“While war only devastates communities and the environment, without offering solutions to conflicts,” the pope writes, religions can help “rekindle the desire for fraternity and justice, the hope for peace.”
This evening, the Apostolic Penitentiary — the Vatican’s tribunal handling matters of forgiveness and penance — will lead the rosary prayer service, with Cardinal Angelo De Donatis serving as the prayer leader.
According to yesterday’s medical update from the Vatican Press Office, the pope “is using high-flow oxygenation with nasal cannulas less frequently and, at times, can do without oxygen therapy.”
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