Pope’s Prayer Intention: For political leaders

??????InThe Pope Videofor August,Pope Francisinvites us to pray for political leaders, that they might “work for the common good.”

In his video message, distributed by thePope’s Worldwide Prayer Network,Pope Francisadmits that, although “today politics doesn’t have a very good reputation, it is much more noble than it appears.” And he adds that moving “ahead toward universal fraternity” goes hand in hand with “good politics.”

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