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email clients. */
/* Beware: It can remove the padding / margin and add a background
color to the compose a reply window. */
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body {
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padding: 0 !important;
height: 100% !important;
width: 100% !important;
text-align: center;
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for anything nested deeper. */
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in IE. */
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-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;
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/* What it does: Overrides styles added when Yahoo's auto-senses a
link. */
.yshortcuts a {
border-bottom: none !important;
}

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*/
.mobile-link footer a,
a[x-apple-data-detectors] {
color:inherit !important;
text-decoration: underline !important;
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transition: all 100ms ease-in;
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width: 100% !important;
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height: auto !important;
Margin-left: auto !important;
Margin-right: auto !important;
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Margin-left: auto !important;
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display: block !important;
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display: inline-block !important;
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Catholic Charities USA



Pope Francis Calls for Prayer in Light of Pandemic
Our Father to be offered at Noon on March 25

On Sunday, March 22, Pope Francis invited all Christians throughout
the world, of all denominations, to unite in prayer by offering an Our
Father at Noon on March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation. He
also will give a special blessing to the world on Friday, March
27, delivering an Urbi et Orbi message that is
traditionally given only at Christmas and Easter. The full text of the
Pope's words follows: 

 

"Dear brothers and sisters,

In these trying days, while humanity trembles due to the threat of the
pandemic, I would like to propose to all Christians that together we
lift our voices towards Heaven. I invite all the Heads of the Churches
and the leaders of every Christian community, together with all
Christian of the various confessions, to invoke the Almighty, the
omnipotent God, to recite at the same time the prayer that Jesus, our
Lord, taught us. I, therefore, invite everyone to do this several
times a day, but all together, to recite the Our Father
this coming Wednesday, 25 March, at noon, all together. On that
day on which many Christians recall the annunciation to the Virgin
Mary of the Incarnation of the Word, may the Lord listen to the united
prayer of all of His disciples who are preparing themselves to
celebrate the victory of the Risen Christ.

With this same intention, this coming Friday, 27 March, at 6:00
pm, I will preside over a moment of prayer on the sagrata of
Saint Peter's Basilica, before the empty square. I invite
everyone to participate spiritually through the means of
communication. We will listen to the Word of God, we will lift up our
supplication, we will adore the Blessed Sacrament, with which at the
end, I will give the Urbi et Orbi blessing, to which will be
connected the possibility of receiving the plenary indulgence.

To the pandemic caused by the virus, we want to respond with the
universality of prayer, of compassion, of tenderness. Let us remain
united. Let us make our closeness felt toward those persons who are
the most lonely and tried. Our closeness to the doctors, the
healthcare workers, nurses, volunteers... Our closeness to the
authorities who must impose stringent measures, but for our own good.
Our closeness to the police, to the soldiers who try always to keep
order on the streets, to ensure that the things the government asks to
be done for the good of all are implemented. Closeness to all.

 




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