Father, hear our prayers for the salvation of the world. Grant mercy to all souls that turned away from you. Open their hearts and minds with your light. Gather your children from the east and the ...

O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priests ... have received to carry on the work of Christ in a world which needs them so much. Be their comfort, be their ...

Christopher Collins, the vice president for mission at the University of St. Thomas, said as he headed to a mass on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a Lenten season in which Pope Francis, 88 and ailing ...

It was the third year in a row that friends and strangers from all walks of life joined together in prayer to honor St.

So I come here to today to pray for him because he is the leader of the Catholic Church all over the world. He is our father and our responsibility to pray for him.” On Tuesday night ...

And around the world, there have been prayers for his ... “Once more, we continue to keep in our prayers Pope Francis. May the Lord continue to extend to him his love, his mercy and his healing ...

Prayers for Francis, meanwhile, poured in from around the world, from his native Argentina ... “at the bedside of a dying father.” “As our Holy Father Pope Francis is in very, very fragile ...

Marking Saint Patrick’s Day the bishops of Ireland encouraged the faithful to pray for peace in the world, especially in Gaza ...