Pope to meet with Lebanon’s Christian leaders

Pope Francis announced he has invited the Christian leaders of Lebanon to the Vatican to reflect and pray as Middle Eastern country’s political and economic situation continues to worsen. After praying the Angelus prayer last Sunday with pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square, the pope said he will meet with leaders of Lebanon’s Christian communities... Read More

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June 3, 2021

Prayer is source of strength in darkest times, says pope

Christians can rest assured that in moments of trial, suffering or even sin, Jesus is interceding for them before God, Pope Francis said. “Even if our prayers were only mutterings, if they were compromised by a wavering faith, we must never stop trusting in him,” the pope said on Wednesday during his weekly general audience.... Read More

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June 3, 2021

Ascension offers digital events to help Catholics celebrate Corpus Christi

Catholic multimedia network Ascension has queued up several digital events to help Catholics celebrate and deepen their devotion to the holy Eucharist. This year the feast of Corpus Christi “will carry an especially poignant meaning as so many of us were separated from our eucharistic Lord for many month,” explained theologian and Ascension author Edward... Read More

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May 27, 2021

Darkness does not mean devil has won, pope says at audience

Prayer is not a magic wand or a way to ask God to be at one’s service, Pope Francis said. Prayer is a humble dialogue with God to grow spiritually and discover his will for the world, the pope said on Wednesday during his weekly general audience. “In prayer, it is God who must convert... Read More

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May 20, 2021

Perseverance is necessary for prayer, says pope

Those who overcome distractions or obstacles when praying learn the value of perseverance in times of trial, Pope Francis said. “True progress in spiritual life does not consist in multiplying ecstasies, but in being able to persevere in difficult times,” the pope said on Wednesday during his weekly general audience. “Walk, walk, walk on and... Read More

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May 13, 2021

Pope, at audience with public present, talks about the power of prayer

Holding a general audience with visitors and pilgrims present for the first time in more than six months, Pope Francis said he was very pleased to see people “face to face.” “I’ll tell you something: it’s not nice to talk in front of nothing, just a camera. It’s not nice,” the pope told about 300 people who attended the audience in the San... Read More

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May 9, 2021

In times of trouble, Church turns to prayer with Mary, theologian says

“Mary knows what suffering is,” and just as she was at the foot of Christ’s cross, “she is at the foot of the many crosses other people bear, bringing them comfort, redemption and accompaniment in a self-centred world,” said Servite Fr Salvatore Perrella, a professor of dogmatics and Mariology at the Pontifical Institute Marianum. Pope Francis... Read More

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May 8, 2021

Pilgrimage plus: Cardinal sees trips as time for prayer and relationships

The grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem really hopes that the improving Covid-19 situation will finally allow him to make his first official pilgrimage to the Holy Land as head of the benevolent order. But for the grand master, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, and for the 30,000 knights and dames of... Read More

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May 6, 2021

Cardinal urges all to join prayer day for Christ’s first evangelisers in Eastern Church

Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald, former papal nuncio to Egypt and delegate to the Arab league, has encouraged Catholics to take part in the Day of Prayer for Eastern Christians this Sunday. In an open letter to Catholics across the UK, Cardinal Fitzgerald, who is from Walsall, urged the faithful to join him in praying for ‘the... Read More

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April 23, 2021

Pope calls for month-long global prayer marathon for end of pandemic

Pope Francis has called for a global prayer marathon for the entire month of May, praying for the end to the Covid-19 pandemic. “The initiative will involve in a special way all shrines in the world” in promoting the initiative so that individuals, families and communities all take part in reciting the Rosary, “to pray for the end of the pandemic,”... Read More

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