WORLD DAY OF PRAYER is a worldwide movement of Christian women of many traditions who come together on the first Friday of March each year to observe a common day of prayer. Through World Day of Prayer, we affirm our faith in Jesus Christ and engage with the whole world, are enriched by the faith experience of Christians of other countries and cultures, share the burdens of other people by praying with them and for them, and use our own talents in the service of God’s world. INFORMED PRAYER and PRAYERFUL ACTION (Motto of WDP) are inseparable and both have immeasurable influence in the World.
Ecumenical news
- At inaugural mass, Pope Leo XIV calls for church unity, prays for peace, and those marginalized
- India and Pakistan urged to exercise restraint, prioritize peace by world churches' body
- Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV spent years as a missionary in Peru, seen as a follower of Francis
- US cardinal is elected Pope Leo XIV as first North American pontiff
- Black smoke from Sistine Chapel on first day of Papal Conclave means no new pope yet