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  • Pope Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for August

    His general intention is “That public opinion may be more aware of the problem of millions of displaced persons and refugees and that concrete solutions may be found for their often tragic situation.” His mission intention is “That those Christians who are discriminated against and persecuted in many Countries because of the name of Christ…

  • Pope Benedict on Devotion to the Blood of Christ

    VATICAN CITY, 5 JUL 2009 (VIS) – At midday today, before praying the Angelus, Benedict XVI recalled how the first Sunday of July was once dedicated to devotion to the Most Precious Blood of Christ, a tradition confirmed “by Blessed John XXIII who, in his Apostolic Letter ‘Inde a primis’ of 30 June 1960, explained…

  • Pope Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for July

    His general intention is “That the Christians of the Middle East may live their faith in full freedom and be an instrument of peace and reconciliation.” His mission intention is “That the Church may be the seed and nucleus of a humanity reconciled and reunited in God’s one and only family, thanks to the testimony…

  • Pope Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for June

    His general intention is “That international attention towards the poorer countries may give rise to more concrete help, in particular to relieve them of the crushing burden of foreign debt.” His mission intention is “That the particular Churches operating in regions marked by violence may be sustained by the love and concrete closeness of all…

  • Pope Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for May

    His general intention is “That the laity and the Christian communities may be responsible promoters of priestly and religious vocations.” His missionary intention is “That the recently founded Catholic Churches, grateful to the Lord for the gift of faith, may be ready to share in the universal mission of the Church, offering their availability to…

  • Pope: Families are Schools of Obedience

    I would post the full-text, but the Vatican website only has Italian and Spanish.