Defining Christian joy as “trust in God in all of life's situations,” he assures us that it “springs from the certainty that the Lord never leaves us alone.”
“The Lord never leaves us alone. I experienced this myself during my hospitalization.” This is what Pope Francis, currently recovering after five weeks of hospitalization at the Gemelli Polyclinic, confided in a message to representatives of the dioceses of Italy gathered in Rome from March 31 to April 4, 2025.
The Pope, who has been prescribed two months of rest at his residence, took up his pen on the occasion of the second synodal assembly of the Churches of Italy. This event, which brings together a thousand bishops, priests, and lay people in the Paul VI Hall of the Vatican, concludes a five-year journey conducted by all the dioceses of the Peninsula.
