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La lettre du Pape Francis à l'hôpital
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A friend just shared with me the letter Pope Francis wrote from the hospital.
His words moved me deeply.
Here it is. So much wisdom to learn from and be inspired by!
“The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches...
They have witnessed far more sincere kisses than those in airports...
It is in hospitals that you see a homophobe being saved by a gay doctor.
A privileged doctor saving the life of a beggar...
In intensive care, you see a Jew taking care of a racist...
A police officer and a prisoner in the same room receiving the same care...
A wealthy patient waiting for a liver transplant, ready to receive the organ from a poor donor...
It is in these moments, when the hospital touches the wounds of people, that different worlds intersect according to a divine design. And in this communion of destinies, we realize that alone, we are nothing.
The absolute truth of people, most of the time, only reveals itself in moments of pain or in the real threat of an irreversible loss.
A hospital is a place where human beings remove their masks and show themselves as they truly are, in their purest essence.
This life will pass quickly, so do not waste it fighting with people.
Do not criticize your body too much.
Do not complain excessively.
Do not lose sleep over bills.
Make sure to hug your loved ones.
Do not worry too much about keeping the house spotless.
Material goods must be earned by each person—do not dedicate yourself to accumulating an inheritance.
You are waiting for too much: Christmas, Friday, next year, when you have money, when love arrives, when everything is perfect...
Listen, perfection does not exist.
A human being cannot attain it because we are simply not made to be fulfilled here.
Here, we are given an opportunity to learn.
So, make the most of this trial of life—and do it now.
Respect yourself, respect others. Walk your own path, and let go of the path others have chosen for you.
Respect: do not comment, do not judge, do not interfere.
Love more, forgive more, embrace more, live more intensely!
And leave the rest in the hands of the Creator.”
PS: since I posted this, several people have mentioned that Francis may not be the author of this letter (if it is the case, i apologize for the confusion!). Irrespective of who wrote these words, these are profound thoughts that continue to move me deeply.

Le débunk
❌ Fake!
Every time someone famous dies, we are treated to their so-called "last words", letters, emails, etc.
Most of the time, these are completely fake!
We're quite familiar with this phenomenon — remember the Steve Jobs "last words" hoax that we debunked more than 20 times?
Will this farewell letter become the new social media chain posts?
The Association of Catholic Priests says this particular letter attributed to Pope Francis is fake:
https://associationofcatholicpriests.ie/pope-francis-reflecting-from-hospital/
It cannot be found anywhere on the official Vatican website either:
https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html
Furthermore, Pope Francis was struggling to speak or act in his final days due to lung disease — how could he have possibly written such a long letter?
Here are his actual last public words, from Easter 2025, one day before his passing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MklrBE-SLf8
And according to Snopes, those words have been circulating online since at least 2014 — long before Pope Francis was even ill:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-no-evidence-pope-120700667.html
Can we please honour people by remembering them truthfully, rather than by spreading fake tributes?
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