US archbishop encourages prayers and peace after fatal police shooting

Following protests and vandalism in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, after the police shooting of Daunte Wright, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St Paul and Minneapolis has urged prayers for justice and peace. “I hope that as a community, we might be able to pause and pray, particularly during this time of already heightened tension due to... Read More

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April 14, 2021

San Francisco archbishop leads prayers for unity and an end to ‘virus’ of racism

Decrying a rise in racial violence especially against Asian Americans, including in San Francisco, a city that he said has always offered “a welcoming and stable home” to newcomers, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone led a prayer service for unity, healing and peace. “Our city has always been known as a place that welcomes the foreigner, a place of harmonisation of... Read More

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March 5, 2021

Cardinal Nichols in call for prayers as Pope Francis makes historic Iraq visit

As Pope Francis begins his historic visit to Iraq, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has urged Catholics to pray for him. Acknowledging the physical demands the Holy Father faces this weekend as a true sign of his commitment to Iraq, he said the pope will also experience many emotional ones. Citing the historical resonance, rootedness of Christian... Read More

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March 4, 2021

Pope says he cannot disappoint Iraqis and asks for prayers for trip

On the same day that 10 rockets hit an air base in Iraq, Pope Francis said he had to travel to the country because he could not disappoint them. “The Iraqi people are waiting for us; they awaited St John Paul II, who was not permitted to go” in 1999, Pope Francis said on 3rd March. “One cannot disappoint a people... Read More

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February 2, 2021

Prayers needed for Myanmar says Yangon’s auxiliary bishop

After a military coup and the detention of top government leaders in Myanmar, the auxiliary bishop of Yangon, the nation’s largest city and former capital, called for prayers, caution and stocking up on provisions for the people. “We must live in a spirit of vigilance and prayer,” Auxiliary Bishop John Saw Yaw Han of Yangon told Fides,... Read More

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January 26, 2021

Ohio bishop asks for prayers for protesters who disrupted Respect Life Mass

Several women protesting the Catholic Church’s teaching against abortion disrupted an annual Respect Life Mass being celebrated by Bishop Robert J. Brennan at a downtown Columbus cathedral. The protesters, which a video posted by The Columbus Dispatch showed to number about seven, stormed into St Joseph Cathedral during the liturgy on 22nd January and marched through the sanctuary.... Read More

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January 24, 2021

French bishops urge prayers and fasting as Senate considers bioethics bill

France’s Catholic bishops have launched a national prayer campaign against government-backed bioethics legislation that would extend abortion and in vitro fertilisation rights. The bishops also proposed fasting in January and February and reminded people to pray for and support caregivers. The bioethics bill, a flagship commitment by President Emmanuel Macron after his 2017 election, passed in the National Assembly in July... Read More

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December 3, 2020

Bishop offers Advent prayers for victims of violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray Province

As the people of Ethiopia’s Tigray region continue to suffer at the heart of a violent conflict, with hundreds dead and thousands displaced, the situation threatens to escalate to a more serious refugee emergency and a region-wide crisis. The Bishop of Lancaster, Paul Swarbrick, who holds the Africa brief at the Bishops’ Conference, has offered... Read More

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November 14, 2020

Thank, support and pray for those ‘going the extra mile’ to keep us safe, says bishop

The Bishop for Healthcare and Mental Health has invited Catholics across England and Wales to offer thanks and prayers for those “who are going the extra mile” to keep the country safe amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. With England in a second national lockdown and Europe struggling with a second wave of Covid-19 cases and... Read More

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