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On 18 January 2017, the ancient feast of the Chair of Saint Peter in Rome,Tomash Peta, Metropolitan Archbishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, Jan Pawel Lenga, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Karaganda, and Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana issued an appeal to prayer: that Pope Francis might confirm the unchanging praxis of the Church
with regard to the truth of the indissolubility of marriage.
At its end, they ask for prayer:
In the spirit of faith and with filial and devout affection we raise our prayer for Pope Francis:
"Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Francisco: Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum
faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius. Tu es Petrus, et super
hanc petram aedificabo Ecclesiam Meam, et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam."
As a concrete means we recommend to recite every day this ancient prayer of the Church or a part
of the holy rosary in the intention that Pope Francis may revoke in an unequivocal manner those
pastoral guidelines, which permit the divorced and so-called “remarried” to receive the sacraments
of Penance and Eucharist without asking them to fulfil the obligation of a life in continence.
Let us say this as a Novena: in Latin, if you want, or in English:
Let us pray for Francis our Pope.
May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed on the earth, and not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
Thou art Peter,and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell will not prevail against her.
