by Michael McG | May 6, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, Pope Francis, Rosary
Pope Francis has invited Catholics and 30 Marian shrines around the world, including the shrine at Walsingham, to dedicate this month to a marathon of prayer for an end to the Covid-19 pandemic. The month of May will be dedicated to a “marathon” of prayer,...
by Michael McG | May 5, 2021 | Pope's Prayer Intention, Pope Francis
This month, the Holy Father invites us to pray with him “that those in charge of finance will work with governments to regulate the financial sphere and protect citizens from its danger”. Father David Stewart SJ, of the national office of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer...
by Michael McG | Apr 26, 2021 | Pope Francis, Encyclicals
Laudato Si’ Animators UK, a group dedicated to spreading the teachings of the Pope’s encyclical Laudato Si’, is calling on Catholics to take action to support political efforts to protect the environment… “We must not think that these efforts are not going...
by Michael McG | Apr 8, 2021 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
Pope Francis is asking us all to join him in praying during April “for those who risk their lives while fighting for fundamental rights under dictatorship, authoritarian regimes and even in democracies in crisis”. The national office of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer...
by Michael McG | Apr 8, 2021 | Pope Francis, Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations
Pope Francis’ historic visit to Iraq has given fresh impetus this Easter to a movement of Iraqi Christians returning to their homeland after fleeing genocide at the hands of Daesh (ISIS). One month on from the papal visit, which took in Baghdad, Mosul, Ur and Erbil,...
by Michael McG | Mar 31, 2021 | Pope Francis, Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), Encyclicals, Justice and Peace, Organisations
The Diocese of Middlesbrough J&P Commission is looking for inspirational examples of parishes, schools and members of our Catholic community being “Guardians of Creation”. The ecological crisis we face, the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor, is affecting...
