Pope Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions, July 2009

Pope prays at World Youth Day in Australia 2008 (Photo by Handout/Getty Images AsiaPac)

Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for July is: "That the Christians of the Middle East may live their faith in full freedom and be an instrument of peace and reconciliation".

His mission intention is: "That the Church may be the seed and nucleus of a humanity reconciled and reunited in God's one and only family, thanks to the testimony of all the faithful in every country of the world".