{"id":7433,"date":"2022-10-31T14:45:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T18:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/popes-november-prayer-intention-children-who-suffer\/"},"modified":"2022-10-31T14:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T18:45:41","slug":"popes-november-prayer-intention-children-who-suffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/popes-november-prayer-intention-children-who-suffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope\u2019s November prayer intention: ‘For children who suffer’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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By Vatican News staff writer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u201cAn abandoned child is our fault,\u201d says Pope Francis in the video prepared by the Pope\u2019s Worldwide Prayer Network announcing his prayer intention for November.<\/p>\n\n

In the video, Pope Francis calls on Catholics to pray for children who are suffering due to rejection, indigence, poverty, and conflict around the world.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThere are still millions of boys and girls who suffer and live in conditions very similar to slavery,\u201d the Pope said, emphasizing that these children are not \u201cnumbers\u201d but \u201chuman beings with names and an identity that God has given them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Every marginalized child living without schooling, without a family, without health care, the Pope continued, is \u201ca cry;\u201d a cry \u201cthat rises up to God and shames the system that we adults have built.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Every child has the right to access basic needs<\/strong>
\nThe Pope continued by saying every child should have the right to access basic services and be able to feel the warmth and love of a family: \u201cWe can no longer allow them to feel alone and abandoned \u2014 they are entitled to an education and to feel the love of a family so they know that God does not forget them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

One billion children living in poverty<\/strong>
\nAccording to UNICEF, one billion children currently live in \u201cmultidimensional poverty\u201d \u2014 that is without basic access to education, health care, shelter, food, sanitation, or water; the agency also estimates that 153 million children are orphans.<\/p>\n\n

Fr. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Fornos, S.J., International Director of the Pope\u2019s Worldwide Prayer Network, provided his thoughts on the November prayer intention, saying that this month, Pope Francis \u201copens our eyes, ears, and hearts to millions of forgotten children who suffer in silence on the streets and in hidden labour, victims of violence and war, migrants and refugees. In the face of indifference and impotence, we must pray.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

It is our responsibility, the Pope concluded in the video, that no child feels left alone or abandoned \u2014 \u201cthey are entitled to an education and to feel the love of a family so they know that God does not forget them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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