What shall we pray for this month?

Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for the month of July is:

• "That Christians be sensitive to the needs of everyone, without ever hiding the radical requirements of the Gospel message."

His mission intention is:

• "That all the baptized be committed, each in their own state of life, to transforming society by permeating the mentality and structures of the world with the light of the Gospel."

(Source: Vatican Information Service)