The Vatican has announced that the principal commemoration of the 2026 World Day of the Sick (background) will take place at the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace in Chiclayo, Peru.
Bishop Robert Prevost, the future Pontiff, was bishop of the Diocese of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023.
The Vatican also announced that Pope Leo has appointed Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, as his special envoy to the commemoration there.