Pope Francis

We pray for those who live with severe illness. Let us always safeguard life, God's gift, from its beginning until its natural end. Let us not give in to a throwaway culture.

On this World Day of Prayer for Vocations, let us join in prayer and ask the Lord to help us discover his plan of love for our lives, and to grant us the courage to walk in the path that, from the beginning, he has chosen for each of us. #Vocations

I ask you to accompany with your prayers my journey to Bulgaria and North Macedonia, which I begin tomorrow as a pilgrim of peace and fraternity. #ApostolicJourney

Let us pray that the Church in Africa, through the commitment of its members, may be the seed of unity among her peoples and a sign of hope for this continent.

We pray for those who have lost their lives, or who have suffered serious damage and injury from the recent floods in South Africa.

I invite you to join me in praying for those refugees who are in detention centers in Libya: their very serious situation is made even more dangerous as a result of the ongoing conflict.

Let us join in prayer with the Christian community of Sri Lanka, which was struck by terrible violence on Easter Sunday. We entrust to the risen Lord the victims, the wounded and all the suffering. #PrayForSriLanka

I renew my appeal to young people and to all of us to pray the Rosary for peace, especially for peace in the Holy Land and in the Middle East.

Let us pray for doctors and their humanitarian collaborators in war-torn areas, who risk their lives to save the lives of others.

Dear brothers and sisters, following in the footsteps of my holy predecessor John Paul II, on Saturday and Sunday I will be in Morocco as a pilgrim of peace and fraternity. I ask you to accompany me in prayer. #ApostolicTravel