Posts tagged Pope Francis

Photograph of Pope Francis at the Requiem Mass in Westminster Cathedral, 21 April. © Mazur/CBCEW

Novena upon the death of a Pope: Day 2

Sunday 27 April 2025

The entire Church mourns the death of our Holy Father, Francis. Communities and individuals will ask God to bestow his infinite mercy on the man who served the Church as Bishop of Rome. Join the novena which has been prepared for the Ordinariates to help pray for the Holy Father during the nine days of the Novemdialem.

Rosary in the hands of Pope Francis. © Vatican News

Novena upon the death of a Pope: Day 1

Saturday 26 April 2025

The entire Church mourns the death of our Holy Father, Francis.  Communities and individuals will ask God to bestow his infinite mercy on the man who served the Church as Bishop of Rome. Join the novena which has been prepared for the Ordinariates to help pray for the Holy Father during the nine days of the Novemdialem.

Pope Francis at the Vatican in April 2025

Pope Francis dies on Easter Monday

Monday 21 April 2025

The Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber announced the death of His Holiness Pope Francis on Easter Monday.

Pope Francis (Image: AP)

The Pope speaks on Ukraine

Monday 7 March 2022

Let us pray together for Ukraine: we have its flags in front of us. Let us pray together, as brothers and sisters, to Our Lady, Queen of Ukraine.

Pope Francis’s Message for Lent 2015

Tuesday 17 February 2015

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Lent is a time of renewal for the whole Church, for each communities and every believer. Above all it is a “time of grace” (2 Cor 6:2). God does not ask of us anything that he himself has not first given us. “We love because he first has loved us” (1 […]

Prayers for the Synod on the Family

Sunday 5 October 2014

Pope Francis has composed a Prayer to the Holy Family for the Synod, and the Church also offers the following proposed intentions for use during the Prayers of the Faithful at Mass during the synod. These intentions can also be included in the petitions at Lauds and Vespers. The recitation of the Holy Rosary is […]