by Jennie Murphy | Oct 2, 2023 | Pope Video
October is a special month for the entire Church because the Synodal Assembly will take place in Rome. And “when the Church is in Synod,” the Pope reminds us, “this synodal dynamic alone carries its missionary vocation forward.” “Mission is at the heart of the...
by Jennie Murphy | Aug 31, 2023 | Pope Video
Pope Francis always encourages us to place ourselves at the side of those who are marginalized and cast out, those who never make the headlines. In the video containing the prayer intention for September, produced by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, he asks us a...
by Jennie Murphy | Aug 7, 2023 | Pope Video
Pope Francis, quoting Saint John Paul II, tells us, “If you live with young people, you become young yourself, and the Church needs young people.” Thus begins the video with the prayer intention for August, produced by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, in which...
by Jennie Murphy | Jul 3, 2023 | Pope Video
Why go to Mass on Sunday? Certainly not just to follow a ritual. As Pope Francis says, “If you are the same at the end of Mass as you were at the beginning, something is wrong.” This is because “the Eucharist is the presence of Jesus,” who “comes and must transform...
by Jennie Murphy | Jun 7, 2023 | Pope Video
Did you know that torture still exists in the world even in the 21st century? “Torture is not past history. Unfortunately, it’s part of our history today,” as Pope Francis states in the video produced by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network to spread his prayer...
by Jennie Murphy | May 9, 2023 | Pope Video
A living Church is a Church in movement. And ecclesial movements, as Pope Francis says in this month’s video produced by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, “are a gift, they are a treasure in the Church.” Just as the apostles received the gift of proclaiming the...