BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR FEBRUARY

VATICAN CITY, 31 JAN 2012 (VIS) - Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for February is: "That all peoples may have access to water and other resources needed for daily life".

  His mission intention is: "That the Lord may sustain the efforts of health workers assisting the sick and elderly in the world's poorest regions".
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Benedict XVI’s Christmas card

This year the pope has chosen this picture of the Adoration of the Shepherds to say Merry Christmas.

It's a photo of a relief statue of San José,

inaugurated in July 2010 by Benedict XVI in the Vatican Gardens.