The Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, and politicians from both major United States political parties have called for prayers for former president US Joe Biden after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Source: CNS.
Mr Biden’s office announced on Sunday that the former president was diagnosed last week with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, stating that doctors found a prostate nodule after Mr Biden experienced “increasing urinary symptoms”.
“While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, which allows for effective management,” the statement added. “The president and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”
The news was met with overwhelming support and calls for prayers, including from the Diocese of Wilmington, the diocese to which the US’s second Catholic president belongs.
“As Catholics, we are called to carry out Christ’s charge to ‘heal the sick’ by caring for those who are ill and accompanying them in their time of suffering through prayers of intercession,” Robert Krebs, the communications director for the diocese, said in a statement.
“The Church believes in the life-giving presence of Christ, the physician of souls and bodies, and wishes the former president a rapid return to health,” he said.
On Monday, Mr Biden posted a message on X that included a picture of himself with his wife, former first lady Jill Biden, thanking the public for their support.
“Cancer touches us all,” Mr Biden said on X. “Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.”
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Wilmington Diocese, politicians urge prayers for Biden amid cancer diagnosis (CNA)
