[video] Pope Benedict: In sickness we experience our limits

Pope Benedict: In sickness we experience our limits "Disease is a typically human condition, when we experience strongly that we are not self-sufficient, but we need others." Those were Pope Benedict XVI words during Sunday's Angelus. In the striking and unusual setting of St Peter's Square covered with snow, the Pope made it clear that in sickness, "you can experience the attention of others and give attention to others." Disease, of course, is a condition, he said, that "can become too long and difficult", and "when healing does not come and suffering is extended, we can remain isolated and overwhelmed." The Holy Father made his reflections, a few days before the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, and the World Day of the Sick, ... More