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Shock sentence in South Korea : a foetus of 42 weeks , weighing over five kilos, “is not a human being”. A priest, professor of medicine at the Korean Catholic University, speaks of a “social defeat”for his nation.

Read the complete article published in AsiaNews.

Having been reduced to poverty by heavy gambling, Lellis was employed by the Capuchins of Manfredonia. In 1570 he began to live a life of penance and became a nurse at the hopsital of St. Giacomo (Rome) and ordained priest in 1584.

He established a following whose members took the vow to devote themselves to material and spiritual care of the sick and those suffering from the Agonisers (plague).

St. Camillus of Lellis founded the Ministers of the sick and there is a hospital in Northumberland staffed by the Brothers of St. Camillus.

Prayer to Saint Camillus of Lellis

Most wonderful Saint,your compassion for the sick and the dying led you to found the Servants of the Sick. As the Patron of nurses and hospital workers , infuse in them your compassionate spirit. Make hospitals resemble the inn in Christ’s Parable to which the Good Samaritan brought the wounded man saying: “Take care of him and I will repay you for it.” Amen