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PRAYERS FOR THE CHURCH IN CRISIS

The handling of sexual offenders within the Church is a major ongoing news story. Recently there are allegations involving Ireland, Germany, and Wisconsin. There are so many cases and so many claims that it's difficult for the average Catholic to understand or to judge. No matter - our position is clear.   More...

THE AOP UNITES WITH THE POPE IN PRAYER FOR CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

During his Sunday Angelus message, Pope Benedict XVI expressed solidarity with the victims of the recent catastrophic earthquake in Chile. During his Sunday Angelus message, Pope Benedict XVI expressed solidarity with the victims of the recent catastrophic earthquake in Chile.     More...

POPE BENEDICT ASKS PRAYERS FOR HIS LENTEN RETREAT

Today at his Angelus audience on the first Sunday in Lent, Pope Benedict asked the crowd in St. Peter's Square to pray for the success of the annual retreat at the Vatican. "    More...

POPE BENEDICT REQUESTS URGENT PRAYERS FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS IN HAITI

Pope Benedict issued an urgent appeal for help and prayers for the people of Haiti at his regular weekly audience on Wednesday, January 13. He called attention to the "tragic situation" created by a major earthquake that has caused "serious loss of human life, large numbers of homeless and missing people, and vast material damage."    More...

POPE BENEDICT EXTENDS NOVEMBER 2009 GENERAL PRAYER INTENTION

The Holy Father is extending his general prayer request of November in recognition of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, December 7-19, 2009, in Copenhagen, Denmark.  The Pope asks us to pray that all people embrace the God-given responsibility to care for the Earth, working together to restore and preserve it for current and future generations.  The following is the Apostleship of Prayer reflection for this prayer intention.   More...

POPE BENEDICT'S URGENT PRAYER REQUEST FOR THE HUMAN RIGHT TO FOOD AND WATER

Pope Benedict XVI stated that he considers the right to food and water a part of every person's right to life.  He asks us to pray that people in all nations will work together to ensure that every person has a right to sufficient nutrition and clean water.  He pointed out that millions of people throughout the world are starving or suffering from malnutrition, even though there is plenty of food to feed everyone.  Pope Benedict has repeatedly emphasized the moral necessity of coming to the aid of the world's hungry, as did his predecessors.   More...

POPE BENEDICT'S URGENT PRAYER REQUEST FOR VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, THE PACIFIC, AND ITALY

Responding to recent natural disasters, Pope Benedict XVI asks us to pray and support the many victims.  "My thought turns," said the Pope, "to the populations of the Pacific and southeast Asia, stricken in recent days by violent natural calamities: the tsunami in the islands of Samoa and Tonga; the typhoon in the Philippines, which then hit Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia; and the devastating earthquake in Indonesia." The Pope asks our prayers also for "those who are suffering from the floods in Sicily, especially around Messina."   More...

APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER APPOINTS NEW YOUTH DIRECTOR

The Apostleship of Prayer has appointed Fr. Phillip Hurley, SJ, to serve as youth director beginning July 1, 2009.  The position was created in response to a growing interest among younger Catholics in the spirituality of the organization. More...

AOP RELEASES NEW SACRED HEART BOOKLET FOR CHILDREN

The Apostleship of Prayer has announced publication of a booklet to introduce young children to devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a centuries-old Catholic tradition.  The 28-page, full-color booklet is entitled Do You Know the Sacred Heart of Jesus?   More...

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Jesuits Name New Superior General

Pope Affirms Practice of "Offering Up" our Daily Hardships
In his latest encyclical, "Spe Salvi" ("Saved in Hope"), Pope Benedict XVI affirms for today's Christians the previously widespread practice of offering to God the minor daily hardships of our lives (paragraph 40). The Holy Father asks whether there may be in this practice something "essential and helpful" for everyday living. Those who offer their mundane hardships to God are convinced that they can "insert these little annoyances into Christ's great "com-passion" to help make up the "treasury of compassion so greatly needed by the human race." The Holy Father concludes his remarks on this topic by suggesting that it would be "judicious to revive this practice ourselves."

Apostleship Seeks New General Director

Korean Premiers Talk Peace for the First Time in 15 Years

Vatican Approves New Chinese Bishop