by Michael McG | Feb 6, 2024 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
The Pope Video for February, the month in which the Church celebrates the World Day of the Sick, contains an appeal that the terminally ill “will always receive the necessary medical and human care and assistance”.The Pope also states that families play a “decisive...
by Michael McG | Jan 22, 2024 | Pope's Prayer Intention, Pope Francis
In The Pope Video for January, Pope Francis encourages us “to recognise the gift of different charisms within the Christian communities, and to discover the richness of different ritual traditions within the Catholic Church.”The Holy Father’s intention becomes a...
by Michael McG | Jan 8, 2024 | Pope Francis, Justice and Peace, Organisations
For his theme for World Day of Peace (Sunday January 14), Pope Francis has chosen Artificial Intelligence and Peace.While this might seem a strangely technical theme, we know we do need to think about the consequences of the advances in AI for peace and...
by Michael McG | Nov 6, 2023 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
In The Pope Video’s November edition, the Holy Father opens wide his heart to admit he needs the faithful people’s prayer to be able to carry out his mission.“Pray to the Lord that he will bless me,” he says. “Your prayer gives me strength and helps me to discern and...
by Michael McG | Oct 25, 2023 | Pope Francis, Encyclicals, Catholic Bishop's Conference
The lead bishop for environmental issues for the Bishops’ Conference, Bishop John Arnold, has written to prime minister Rishi Sunak, enclosing a copy of Pope Francis’ recent apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum.Highlighting how the Catholic community plays...
by Michael McG | Oct 19, 2023 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
Pope Francis expressed concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza, calling on all parties to lay down their weapons and all Christians to pray and fast for peace on Friday October 27.“The number of victims is growing and the situation in Gaza is desperate.”With...