Pope releases prayer intentions for 2027

By Vatican News

Pope Leo XIV has released his prayer intentions for 2027. 

For each month of that year, the Pope will invite the Church to pray for a specific intention, touching on both global challenges and issues within the life of the Church.

The 2027 prayer intentions were entrusted to the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, which was received in audience by Pope Leo on Friday morning.

Speaking to Vatican News after the audience, the International Director of the Network, Fr. Cristóbal Fones, said that "we live in a world which is running all the time, very fast." The job of the Prayer Network, he emphasised, is to speak to the need we all have for "deep connection with the Lord, with ourselves, with others."

Pope Leo's prayer intentions for 2027 can be found below:

JANUARY

That the power of prayer might be discovered. Let us pray that everyone in the Church might discover the power of prayer as a personal encounter with the Lord that transforms our hearts and the world.

FEBRUARY

That those who care for others might receive care. Let us pray that those who care for the holistic health of others might receive the support they need, and that with patience, wisdom, and fortitude, they might open avenues of inner healing and hope.

MARCH

That the dignity of human life might be respected. Let us pray that in a culture focused on productivity and instant results, we might be capable of discovering and appreciating the unique dignity of each person, both our own and that of others.

APRIL

That art might be a gift that humanizes. Let us pray that art might be perceived as a true gift that humanizes us, lifts up the spirit, and helps us contemplate God’s beauty in creation.

MAY

That there be job opportunities for everyone. Let us pray that technological development might open dignified work opportunities, and that intergenerational collaboration might bring a future in which every person can put their talents at the service of the common good.

JUNE

For the good use of artificial intelligence. Let us pray that artificial intelligence might always be developed to serve human dignity and that we might know how to use it wisely.

JULY

For grandparents and the elderly. Let us pray that members of the Church might always appreciate the treasure of faith and wisdom offered to us by grandparents and the elderly, and be willing to learn from their experience.

AUGUST

For the vocation of young people. Let us pray that young people in search of their own vocation might recognize in Jesus Christ a companion on the way to whom they can open their hearts.

SEPTEMBER

For integral ecological conversion. Let us pray that we might learn how to live in a new relationship with creation, protecting it with justice, and that, in contemplating creation, we might find the path toward a more harmonious and grateful existence.

OCTOBER

For Christian communities. Let us pray that each parish, community, or Christian group might be a center of missionary outreach that forms new disciples at the service of the Gospel.

NOVEMBER

For the integration of migrants. Let us pray that, accompanied and comforted by the Holy Family on their own journey of being uprooted, migrants and displaced persons might find communities that welcome them with dignity, solidarity, and true integration.

DECEMBER

For the Christian vocation of the family. Let us pray that Christian families might be living witnesses of the Gospel in society, and that they might learn more and more how to be hearths where faith, hope, and love are cultivated.