Prayer Archive

I join in the appeal of the bishops of Cameroon for the liberation of eight people kidnapped in the diocese of Mamfe, including five priests and a religious sister. Let’s pray together for them and for the peoples of Bamenda: may the Lord grant peace to that dear country.

I would like to mention the terrible situation in martyred Ukraine. My envoy has told me about the pain of this people, the monstrosities they suffer. Let’s pray together for this martyred people, and for peace. Pope Francis

Let’s pray together for sufferers of Alzheimer’s, a disease that affects many people, who are often pushed to the margins of society as a result; for their families; and for those who lovingly care for them, that they may be increasingly helped. Pope Francis

Let us Pray Together that our world may learn how to build peace, not least by limiting the arms race and converting the enormous sums spent on war into concrete assistance to peoples. Pope Francis

Tomorrow, I will leave for a three-day journey in Kazakhstan, where I will take part in the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. I ask you all to accompany me with prayer on this pilgrimage of dialogue and peace. Pope Francis

In the face of all the scenes of war in our time, I ask all of you to be peace builders. Let us pray together for reconciliation and harmony. Let us entrust the victims of every war to the Virgin Mary, especially the dear people of Ukraine. Pope Francis

Good Father, who left us in Jesus Christ the source of forgiveness and mercy before all human misery; give us the courage to oppose with determination the death penalty as punishment. No crime, no matter how aberrant, can escape the power of conversion and your infinite mercy. Confident, we ask you to send your Holy … Read moreMonthly Prayer for the abolition of the death penalty

Xin cầu nguyện cho đoàn hành hương châu Âu và Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ của cộng đoàn Thánh Giuse Scarborough do Cha Phạm Quốc Thông, OP hướng dẫn được bình an và hưởng nhiều ân phúc.

I am following with concern the violent events in Baghdad in recent days. Let us pray together for the people of Iraq. Dialogue and fraternity are the best way to face the current difficulties and reach peaceful living together. Pope Francis

Let us pray together for the people of Ukraine and for all those who suffer because of war. May the God of peace revive a human and Christian sense of pity and mercy in the hearts of the leaders of nations. Pope Francis