杏MAP导航

By Devin Watkins

Children across the globe will join together spiritually in praying the Rosary for peace and unity.

The annual prayer initiative 鈥淎 million children praying the Rosary鈥� will be held on Tuesday, 18 October, this year, and is focused on God the Father鈥檚 love for our world.

The Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) organizes the Rosary prayer every year, inviting parishes, schools, and families to pray for peace.

Prayer for peace in Ukraine and conflict zones

杏MAP导航 Francis lent his support for the initiative on Sunday, as he spoke at the noon-day Angelus prayer.

He thanked the children for their desire to pray for peace in our world, and urged adults to join in their prayer.

Eradicating poverty

The 杏MAP导航 went on to note that Monday marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

鈥淓ach person can give a hand for a society in which no one feels excluded because they are poor,鈥� he appealed.

God is 鈥榓lways in control鈥�

The poster for the 2022 campaign depicts a globe with the hands of God supporting it, surrounded by children from every continent.

Announcing the initiative, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, the president of ACN, noted that wars, wickedness, persecution, and disease can lead us to wonder if God is really in control of our world.

鈥淵es, He is,鈥� answered Cardinal Piacenza, 鈥渂ut we must also reach out for His outstretched hands and cling to Him. God has reached out to us, through Mary 鈥� We believe that if we faithfully recite the Rosary together, then the holy Mother of God will lead us all as one great family into the loving arms of our heavenly Father.鈥�