These are Pope Francis’ prayer intentions for 2024
Each month Pope Francis shares a prayer intention as part of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network.
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Pope Francis prays for victims of train crash in India that killed 275 people
Hundreds of people were injured in the crash in the Balasore district of Odisha state, India’s worst rail crash in over two decades
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China’s Xi urged to take responsibility for 1989 Tiananmen massacre
Number of living relatives of the victims of the Tiananmen massacre – under the Chinese revisionist leader Deng Xiaoping – dwindles every year
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WATCH: This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of June
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of June is for the abolition of torture.
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Pope Francis meets with young cancer patients: ‘Jesus is always close to you’
Pope Francis welcomed pediatric cancer patients from Poland to the Vatican on Monday, telling them “Jesus is always close to you.”
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Vatican publishes pastoral reflection on engagement with social media
The document is “not a practical, functional guideline” but “a theological and pastoral reflection” on Christians' social media engagements
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Catholic exorcists rally behind priest charged for ‘offending religious feelings’
An association of Catholic exorcists has expressed support for Dominican Fr.
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Pope Francis: Pray that the Gospel can be freely shared in China
Pope Francis asked Catholics Wednesday to pray that the Gospel can be fully and freely shared in China.
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It’s official: Pope Francis will travel to World Youth Day, visit Fatima
The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis will travel to Lisbon, Portugal for World Youth Day this August with a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima.
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Pope Francis on G7 Summit: Nuclear deterrence offers ‘only an illusion of peace’
The pope added that “nuclear arms and other weapons of mass destruction represent a multiplier of risk that offers only an illusion of peace”
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World’s oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sells for US$38 million
The Codex Sassoon -- which dates to the late ninth to early 10th century -- is the earliest near-complete Hebrew Bible known to still exist
