Pope Francis

Video

I Am Miriam

Visit the Against Humanity website to view the anti-human trafficking video I Am Miriam, which tells the story of a 26-year-old Ethiopian woman who underwent sex trafficking as she sought asylum from...
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Reflection

The 2016 Lenten Message of Pope Francis

This resource reviews the central message of Pope Francis's 2016 Lenten Message in the Year of Mercy. Reflection questions and a prayer are included.
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Prayer Service

Pope Francis’s 2016 World Day of Migrants and Refugees Message

This prayer service, entitled “Migrants and Refugees Challenge Us: The Response of the Gospel of Mercy,” uses words from Pope Francis’s message with a response that is meant to stir us into...
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Reflection

Pope Francis's 2016 World Day of Peace Message

This Smilebox reflection invites us to reflect on Pope Francis’s 2016 World Day of Peace Message. His words remind us that we are called to make compassion, love, mercy, and solidarity a true way...
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Prayer Service

2016 World Day of Peace Message

Sister Sally Ann Brickner, O.S.F. offers this prayer service to commemorate the theme, “Overcome Indifference and Win Peace” in Pope Francis’s 2016 World Day of Peace Message.
Prayer

Prayer to Mary, Mother of Silence

In this prayer, Pope Francis invites us to pray to our Mother of Silence by asking her to “Lift us from the torpor of laziness, pettiness, and defeatism.”  This prayer is in both English and...
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Reflection

A Call to Mercy and Peace: Pope Francis's 2016 World Day of Peace Message

Pope Francis has issued a call to reject indifference and to grow in solidarity, mercy and peace in the New Year. These reflection questions on his message can help us to think about his challenge...
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Reflection

Pope Francis’s Visit to Africa

This artistic smilebox reflection takes quotes from Pope Francis’s trips to Kenya, Uganda, and Central African Republic and offers a prayerful meditation on the Gospel call to uphold the poorest...
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Prayer Service

Overcoming a Globalization of Indifference

This prayer service invites groups into a space of positive energy and the recognition of the goodness of humanity in order to answer Pope Francis’s call to end a “globalization of...
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Prayer Service

Interfaith Prayer Service on Mercy

Following the model of Pope Francis, we are called to pray with all people of faith, especially during this Year of Mercy; this prayer service reminds us of God's mercy and God's call to us to be...
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Prayer

Prayer to Mary by Pope Francis (English & Spanish)

This prayer, in both English and Spanish, was written by Pope Francis to celebrate Mary on December 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.  
Prayer

Prayer for the Jubilee Year of Mercy (English & Spanish)

In his prayer, Pope Francis commemorates the Opening of the Year of Mercy, in both English and Spanish, calling each of us to proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight...
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