In a message addressed to the participants in the second Mental Health National Conference, organized by Italy’s Health Ministry, the high pontiff disapproved the idea according to which greater attention goes to those who bring productive advantages to society.,

Healing your fellow man, Francis indicated, is not just a professional job, but a real mission, which is fully carried out when the scientific knowledge meets humanity’s fullness and is translated into the tenderness to approach and assume the others with the heart.

The pandemic set an enormous challenge to health operators, showing us all the need to count on appropriate health assistance frames to not leave anyone behind and attend to everyone in an inclusive and participatory way, the Pope underlined.

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