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St Patrick’s Breastplate Prayer

17 March 2015

St. Patrick’s Breastplate is a popular prayer attributed to one of Ireland’s most beloved patron saints. According to tradition, St Patrick wrote it in 433 A.D. for divine protection before successfully converting the Irish King Leoghaire and his subjects from paganism to Christianity. (The term breastplate refers to a piece of armor worn in battle). More […]

Pope Francis in Sri Lanka: encounter, encouragement, prayer

13 January 2015

Pope Francis arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Tuesday morning, at the beginning of a week-long visit to Asia that will see him in both Sri Lanka and the Philippines. The Holy Father arrived to pomp and circumstance: traditional dancers, a children’s choir performing an especially composed hymn to mark the visit, as well as […]

Pope prays for conversion of terrorists who do not even spare children

17 December 2014

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has asked for prayers for the victims of the “inhuman terror attacks perpetrated in the past days in Sydney, Australia and in Peshawar, Pakistan”. Concluding his address to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly General Audience, the Pope asked those present to join him in his prayers to […]

Pope to journalists: I prayed for Turkey, for peace, for Christian unity

1 December 2014

Half a century on from the first meeting between a Pope and an Orthodox Patriarch, one of the frequently asked questions at the end of this visit to Turkey is how long will it take before the two Churches are reunited again? A second question that’s been on everyone’s lips in the overwhelmingly Muslim nation is […]

Prayer, Purgatory and All Souls’ Day

3 November 2014

When I was a Protestant, there were things I thought I knew about the Catholic Church, things I knew I didn’t know about the Catholic Church, but didn’t want to learn, and then a box marked, “Everything Else”. During my conversion process, that “Everything Else” box grew bigger and bigger as I slowly acquainted myself with this strange new religion […]

10th International Forum of Formation and Prayer

2 November 2014

During the weekend of October 25th and 26th of 2014, the members of the Shalom Catholic Community of Toulon – France, organized the 10th International Forum of Formation and Prayer, at the ‘’Castille’’, an ancient castle about 14 kilometers away from the center of the city. The preacher of this year’s event was Father Léthel, member of the […]

Pray for Peace: An invitation to all people.

1 September 2014

The Cardinal of Toronto Sir Thomas Collins is inviting us all to gather together and pray for Peace. He will host an interfaith Prayer service at St. Paul’s Basilica 83 Power St. – Toronto – Sunday September 7 at 3:00 pm “United we stand, divided we fall” This is the 11th hour, the Cardinal remind us […]

General Audience: Pope prays for China earthquake victims and Middle East peace

6 August 2014

In the first General Audience since his summer break Pope Francis resumed his Catechesis on the Church and the People of God, but his mind was also on the tensions and recent conflict in the Middle East and an earthquake in China which last Sunday left hundreds dead and over two thousand injured. Expressing his […]

Bonfire – Pray Group Saturday June 2014

23 June 2014

The Hindu fundamentalists: request to ban the Muslim call to prayer in India

28 May 2014

In a seemingly provocative act, tended to disturb the harmony between different religious communities in India, the Hindu group “Rashtriya Hindu Andolan”, based in Mangalore, has requested that the Muslim call to prayer (Adhan), which is used in mosques around the country in the early hours of the morning, is banned in India. In recent […]

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