International holidays - World Day of the Sick

But it is worth noting that every year World Sick Day is celebrated on February 11, and not on May 13, when it was approved. This is connected with another event that occurred in the middle of the 19th century. It was on this day that the appearance of the Virgin Mary of Lourdes took place in the city of Lourdes in France, who then healed all those who suffered, making herself a symbol of all the sick. After which this small place in the south of France became a place of pilgrimage for Catholics. But World Sick Day is increasingly drawing people's attention to the problems that all sick people on the planet face face to face. Attracting people to empathize and support the sick occurs by organizing all kinds of events and promotions that are held on this date. Also on February 11, solemn masses are held, during which Catholics empathize with all the oppressed.