Pope Visits Psychiatric Hospital in Equatorial Guinea, Urges Love over Stigma

Pope visits psychiatric hospital in Equatorial Guinea, urges love over stigma

MALAMBA – Pope Leo closed out his first day in Equatorial Guinea by visiting a psychiatric hospital in a culture where mental illness is often stigmatized and met with social exclusion, saying God loves each person as they are and seeks their healing. During his April 21 visit, the pope said he has mixed feelings whenever he visits a hospital, and that “on the one hand, I feel sorrow for the patients and their families. On the other, I admire an…

Pope Leo XIV at Psychiatric Hospital: ‘God Loves Us Just As We Are’

Pope Leo XIV greets a patient at the Jean-Pierre Olié Psychiatric Hospital in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on April 21, 2026. The pontiff, in Equatorial Guinea, said Christian charity means welcoming the vulnerable with dignity.

Christian charity means welcoming the vulnerable with dignity, Pope Leo says on African apostolic visit - The Catholic Leader

VISITING a psychiatric hospital on Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV said a humane society was measured not by how it hid weakness, but by how it surrounded the vulnerable with love and stressed that God loved each person “just as we are” while desiring their healing and restoration. “Whenever I visit a hospital, I have mixed […] The post Christian charity means welcoming the vulnerable with dignity, Pope Leo says on African apostolic visit appeared first o…