by Michael McG | Dec 4, 2020 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
By Fr David Stewart SJ As this awful year has unfolded and as the second wave of the pandemic has spread across many lands, fears began to grow about our Advent and our Christmas. Would we be able to celebrate together, or even be together? The Pope’s prayer intention...
by Michael McG | Nov 5, 2020 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
We continue our fervent prayer for all of humanity this month, as the whole world continues to suffer from the pandemic, yet we keep in our prayer another concern that will affect us all, now and in the generations that follow us.Pope Francis asks us to pray with him...
by Michael McG | Oct 14, 2020 | Pope Francis, Papal Documents, Encyclicals
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns has produced a new study guide to the Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, Fratelli tutti.
by Michael McG | Oct 13, 2020 | Pope Francis, Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations
Pope Francis has given his public support to a charity’s rosary campaign, calling on children around the world to pray for an end to the coronavirus crisis. Speaking after the Angelus on Sunday October 11, the Pope urged pilgrims assembled in St Peter’s Square to...
by Michael McG | Oct 4, 2020 | Encyclicals, Pope Francis
Pope Francis has released Fratelli tutti, his encyclical letter dedicated to “human fraternity” and “social friendship”. Its title can be translated as “All Brothers”, “Brethren all” or “Brothers and sisters all”. The first words come from St...
by Michael McG | Sep 25, 2020 | Pope Francis, Coronavirus
Pope Francis has spoken of his vision for the post-pandemic world and reflected on the principle of subsidiarity, whereby every level of society has a role to play in revitalising the social fabric. Continuing in his series of catecheses on the effects of the Covid-19...
