From January 21 to 25, the Meeting of the International Council of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network is taking place in Rome. This event brings together continental coordinators and members of the Vatican international office to reflect on the mission of the Prayer Network in different continents and plan activities for the coming year.

Pope Francis welcomed the team from the international office, the continental coordinators, permanent collaborators of the Worldwide Prayer Network, and the ambassadors of the Pro-Rete Mondiale di Preghiera del Papa Foundation to the Apostolic Palace

Effective January 1, 2025, Fr. Cristóbal Fones SJ will take on the role of International Director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network

From November 9 to 22, the Acting International Director, Cristóbal Fones SJ, and the International Vice Director, Bettina Raed, visited the Pope’s Prayer Network mission in India.

The Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, has assigned Fr. Miguel Pedro Melo, SJ, from the Portuguese Province, to join the international office of the Vatican foundation the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network.

The Pope recently published an encyclical letter on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Heart of Jesus, which celebrates the 350th anniversary of the manifestation of the Heart of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque in 1673, the origin of the Feast of the Sacred Heart.