Our Lady of Lourdes/World Day of the Sick/"Cooperation" (2/11)

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In 2005, the Pontifical Academy for Life explained "cooperation"

The Pontifical Academy for Life goes on to remind us that "cooperation" does not only involve "what I have done" but it also involves "what I have failed to do":

In 2009,  the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (5th ed) voiced concern about scandal to our Lord's "little ones":

As PER Pope Benedict xvi's 2012 Motu Proprio:

"Art. 11. – The diocesan Bishop is obliged, if necessary, to make known to the faithful the fact that the activity of a particular charitable agency is no longer being carried out in conformity with the Church’s teaching, and then to prohibit that agency from using the name 'Catholic' [emphasis added] and to take the necessary measures should personal responsibilities emerge....(Apostolic Letter Issued 'Motu Proprio' of the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI on the Services of Charity).