The Pope Video: May 2025 - Working Conditions

In his annual publication of prayer intentions for 2025, Pope Francis invited us to pray during the month of May "For working conditions." Due to his death, the format for the video accompanying this prayer intention has changed. It offers for our reflection a few words on this topic from the last three Popes - John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis.

The Pope Video for May, produced with the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and the Fondazione PRO Rete Mondiale di Preghiera del Papa and distributed by the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, invites us to pray "that through work, each person might find fulfilment, families might be sustained in dignity, and that society might be humanized"

Accompanying the Popes' words are images that combine different lived experiences revolving around the world of work. First, we see a carpentry workshop with a 19th century statue of St. Joseph the Worker hand-carved from linden wood by master craftsmen from Val Gardena; various shots from the International City of Loppiano where work is experienced from the perspective of communion - a ceramic studio, an agricultural cooperative, a company specializing in the packaging and finishing of a variety of items -Other images portray the exploitation millions of workers experience in various parts of the world.

Watch the Pope Video for May 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-yWv5euD6Q