by Michael McG | May 12, 2020 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
In this month’s Pope Video, the Holy Father brings to the fore the role of deacons and asks us to pray that they may be “an invigorating symbol for the entire Church.” Pope Francis exhorts us to pray for these “guardians of service in the Church”, that they may be an...
by Michael McG | Mar 26, 2020 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention, Coronavirus
In a special edition of the Pope Video, the Holy Father asks us to pray for the sick and the suffering, while thanking all those who pray for those affected. With a special emphasis on the sick and those who are suffering most, Pope Francis asked that we all pray the...
by Michael McG | Mar 4, 2020 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
March’s Intention of the Holy Father, offered to the whole church and all people of goodwill through his own worldwide prayer-group, coincides with the 40th anniversary this month of the assassination of St Oscar Romero. It comes also as we suffer with the people of...
by Michael McG | Feb 1, 2020 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
An urgent and tragic aspect of human life today is the suffering of millions of our brothers and sisters who have been forced to become refugees. A particularly harrowing dimension of this tragedy is illegal human trafficking. In his prayer Intention for February,...
by Michael McG | Dec 20, 2019 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
For the Holy Father and all Catholic Christians, each new calendar year begins with a heartfelt plea for peace. Pope Paul VI proposed that January 1, the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, be dedicated to the cause of universal peace, and so this day of prayer was...
by Michael McG | Jun 30, 2019 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
During July we are invited to pray with Pope Francis for justice. “The integrity of justice: that those who administer justice may work with integrity, and that the injustice present in the world may not have the last word.” There are several ways of understanding...