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Covid: Divert weapons money to pandemic research, pope says at prayer marathon Reuters, AFP/Vatican City Photo: AFP The pope prayed that "this difficult trial ends and that horizons of hope and peace return". Pope Francis kicked off a month-long marathon of worldwide Roman Catholic prayer on Saturday to ask God for an end to the Covid-19 pandemic, and said money spent on armaments should be used instead to prevent future outbreaks. Francis presided at the recital of the rosary in St. Peter's Basilica on the first day of May, a month Roman Catholics traditionally dedicate to daily prayer to th...

VATICAN CITY: All Christians are invited to participate in an online Prayer Marathon on Monday, 8 February, marking the 7th International Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking.  The marathon has been organized by the International Committee of the World Day, coordinated by Talitha Kum, the network of consecrated life against trafficking in persons of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG). Other partners include the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Service to Integral Human Development, Caritas Internationalis, the World Union of Catholic Women...

CNA Staff (CNA) - The prayer spanned time zones from Oceania to the Americas on Feb. 8, the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, and the liturgical memorial of St. Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947), patron saint of human trafficking survivors. The seven-hour global prayer marathon was broadcast via live-stream with translations in five languages, including English. The broadcast included a message from Pope Francis, who instituted the annual day of prayer in 2015. At a U.S. Embassy to the Holy See event in October, experts reported that online exploitation of victi...

Christians prepare to bid 2020 goodbye Christians prepare to bid 2020 goodbye with many churches, especially the Charismatic denominations, hijacking the process to end the year and usher worshipers into the New Year of 2021. Scores of church denominations are competing for advert space on social media platforms and along some principal streets of the national capital Accra with promotional billboards describing the nature of their send-off plan for 2020. A giant billboard bearing the advert of Mount Horeb Prayer Centre, with the headline Cross Over 2020 is on the theme: “My Cup Runneth Ove...