#Prayer

Netherlands: Council of Churches, ecumenical celebrations for the Nicaean Creed and an event for young people

UK: Liverpool, car hitting the crowd. Christian leaders: “appalled and saddened, united in prayer”

Conclave: Romania, Mass “pro eligendo Pontifice” in many dioceses. Card. Muresan (Blaj), “united in prayer with the cardinals”

Pope Francis: Mgr Colombo (Argentine bishops), “he taught us to serve the poor and to build peace”

Pope Francis: prayers and suffrage Masses from Iceland to Malta, to Novosibirsk

Bishops pray for peace along the barbed wire fence 3 kilometres from North Korea

A delegation of Korean bishops undertook a pilgrimage to Kyodong Island (Ganghwa Township), just across the border with North Korea,…

Germany: CCEE “Eucharistic Chain”. Mgr Meier (Augsburg): “There are never winners in wars”

The Pope in hospital. Bishop Baturi (CEI): “Francis guides us also in his frailty, the Italian Church walks beside him”

Monsignor Giuseppe Baturi, Secretary General of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, shares his thoughts on the Italian Church’s closeness to Pope…

Pope hospitalised at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. Card. Makrickas: “Let us entrust the Holy Father to ‘Salus Populi Romani”

Cardinal Makrickas leads the prayers for Pope Francis in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome: “May Our Lady…

CCEE: all through Lent, European Bishops praying “for a just, lasting peace” and for the Pope

Msgr. Peña Parra: “The Pope takes comfort in the prayers of the People of God”

“The prayers for the Pope beautifully illustrate the unity of the Church,” says Msgr. Edgar Peña Parra. “At a time…