What shall we pray for this month?

Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for April is for Farmers and World Hunger:

"That our Lord may bless farmers with abundant harvests and sensitize the richer nations to respond to the ravages of hunger throughout the world."

His missionary intention is for Christians as Signs of Hope:

"That Christians working in desperate conditions among women, children, the poor, and the weak, may be signs of hope in their courageous witness to the Gospel of solidarity and love."