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StephenL
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One of my friend’s told me that one of their Catholic friends told them that we Pray " through the Pope." Is this False?
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Remember_Me
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I don’t see the need in praying through the pope. It’s like saying, I pray through the intercession of Billy Graham or Joel Osteen. 
No offense.
No offense.
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StephenL
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None taken, quite honestly surprised that someone would do that.
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R_C
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We don’t pray through the bishop of Rome, but “through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity fof the Holy Spirit”.
But we do know that the bishop of Rome seats on the Apostolic See of Peter, and thus holds the Keys and is Vicar of Christ on Earth. Or would you hold that the prayer of the random bywalker had the same intercession with Christ as the request of Peter or of one of the apostles?
In general, Christians believe in the Communion of Saints, thus all of us, whether in this life or in the next, intercede for one another in our prayers - a simple example of such intercessory prayer being this part of CAF.
But we do know that the bishop of Rome seats on the Apostolic See of Peter, and thus holds the Keys and is Vicar of Christ on Earth. Or would you hold that the prayer of the random bywalker had the same intercession with Christ as the request of Peter or of one of the apostles?
In general, Christians believe in the Communion of Saints, thus all of us, whether in this life or in the next, intercede for one another in our prayers - a simple example of such intercessory prayer being this part of CAF.
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Tenebrae
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We pray FOR the pope, not through the pope.
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Brigid34
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Yup!
We do pray “through” the intercessions of the saints. When you pray the Hail Mary, you are praying “through” the intercession of the Mother of God.
We cannot pray “through” a living person who is whom we have not asked to pray for us.
In the Byzantine Rite Mass, we pray, “Through the intersessions of the Mother of God, Saviour save us.” We also pray, “Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy on us”, quite often.
We cannot pray “through” a living person who is whom we have not asked to pray for us.
In the Byzantine Rite Mass, we pray, “Through the intersessions of the Mother of God, Saviour save us.” We also pray, “Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy on us”, quite often.
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bcuster
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At times we may pray** in union** with the Pope, uniting our prayers with his.
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