What shall we pray for this month?

The Holy Father's general prayer intention for May is:

"That Christians may use literature, art, and mass media to create a culture which defends and promotes the values of the human person."

His Missionary intention is:

"That the Virgin Mary, Star of evangelization and Queen of the Apostles, may still guide missionaries with maternal affection, just as she accompanied the Apostles in the early stages of the Church."