
Catholic Bishops, Faithful Worldwide Pray for Pope Francis Amid Ongoing Health Struggles
Francis is expected to stay in the hospital at least through Friday of this week.
Francis is expected to stay in the hospital at least through Friday of this week.
Cardinal Dolan’s inauguration invocation shows that fervent prayer is the linchpin in the ongoing American experiment.
Both Pope Francis and Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, have emphasized the importance of prayer in the synodal process.
The prayer recalls and invites Catholics to participate in the nine days that the Blessed Virgin Mary and the apostles spent in prayer after Christ ascended into heaven.
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"Advent is a journey towards Bethlehem. May we let ourselves be drawn by the light of God made man."
In the wake of the tragic incident that has claimed 5 lives, the city’s parishes provided social media livestreams of the rosary and Eucharistic adoration.
One way the Vatican has suggested that Catholics and their communities can pray for the synod is by reciting a prayer to the Holy Spirit, a simplified version of the “Adsumus, Sancte Spiritus.”
‘I love you, O my God, and my only desire is to love you until the last breath of my life.’
The pope was speaking in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace in his first Wednesday audience with the public since Oct. 28 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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