by Michael McG | Apr 5, 2024 | Pope's Prayer Intention, Pope Francis
Pope Francis once again dedicates his monthly prayer intention to women.In The Pope Video for April, which he has entrusted to the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, the Holy Father insists on the steps today’s society needs to take, and asks Christians to join him in...
by Michael McG | Feb 28, 2024 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
In the Pope Video for March, Pope Francis requests prayers for the new martyrs of our day, that they might “imbue the Church with their courage and missionary drive”.A martyr is a Christian who bears witness to the Gospel until death without resorting to violence.“The...
by Michael McG | Feb 7, 2024 | Pope Francis, Lent 2011
“When our God reveals himself, his message is always one of freedom,” Pope Francis says in the opening of his Message to the faithful for Lent 2024.Recalling the Exodus of the Hebrew people from Egypt, the Holy Father explains that our journey through the desert can...
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 Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
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...
