Pope's prayer intentions for April

Mar 31, 2010
by Dennis Coday

The Vatican Information Service released this morning Pope Benedict XVI's prayer intentions for April.

His general prayer intention for April is:

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"That every tendency to fundamentalism and extremism may be countered by constant respect, by tolerance and by dialogue among all believers".

His mission intention is:

"That Christians persecuted for the sake of the Gospel may persevere, sustained by the Holy Spirit, in faithfully witnessing to the love of God for the entire human race".

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