2020 Monthly Prayer Intentions of Pope Francis
2020
Monthly Prayer Intentions
of Pope Francis
... joining our hands in prayer
For each month in 2020, we provide the title and summary of the Pope’s prayer intention. We also list the intentions for the year.
2020 Prayer Intentions of Pope Francis
For centuries, people from around the world have sent prayer requests to Rome. From them, the Pope selects intentions for each month.
We can include them, for example, when we pray a rosary. When we do this, we are joining our hands in prayer with the faithful around the world.
Click to find his current prayer intentions.
December 2020 Prayer Intention: for a Life of Prayer
The heart of the Church’s mission is prayer.
Prayer is the key for us to be able to enter into dialogue with the Father.
Every time we read a short passage from the Gospel we hear Jesus speaking to us.
We have a conversation with Jesus.
We listen to Jesus and we reply.
And this is prayer.
By praying, we change reality.
And we change our hearts.
Our heart changes when we pray.
We can do many things, but without prayer, it does not work.
We pray that our personal relationship with Jesus Christ be nourished by the Word of God and a life of prayer.
In silence, everyone, each one in heartfelt prayer.
November 2020 Prayer Intention: that Progress in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence May Serve Humankind
Artificial intelligence is at the heart of the epochal change we are experiencing.
Robotics can make a better world possible if it is joined to the common good.
Indeed, if technological progress increases inequalities, it is not true progress.
Future advances should be oriented towards respecting the dignity of the person and of Creation.
Let us pray that the progress of robotics and artificial intelligence may always serve humankind… we could say, may it “be human.”
October 2020 Prayer Intention: for Dialogue in the Middle East
September 2020 Prayer Intention: Respect for the Planet's Resources
We are squeezing out the planet’s goods. Squeezing them out, as if the earth were an orange.
August 2020 Prayer Intention: People in the Maritime World
Sometimes they are victims of forced labor or are left behind in distant ports.
However, without the people of the sea, many parts of the world would starve.
July 2020 Prayer Intention: that Families be Loved, Respected, Guided
June 2020 Prayer Intention: Compassion for the World Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 2020 Prayer Intention: for Deacons
April 2020 Prayer Intention: Liberation from Addictions
March 2020 Prayer Intention: for Catholics in China
February 2020 Prayer Intention: Hear the Cries of Migrants
January 2020 Prayer Intention: Promotion of World Peace
In a divided and fragmented world, I want to invite all believers, and also all people of good will, to reconciliation and fraternity.
Our faith leads us to spread the values of peace and mutual understanding, of the common good.
We pray that Christians, followers of other religions, and all people of goodwill may promote together peace and justice in the world.
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