The Vatican Press office made public today the Holy Father's prayer intentions for the month of November, which are focused on a better understanding between Christians in the West and the East, as well as on the Church in America, on the occasion of the upcoming, Second American Missionary Congress (known as CAM 2.)

The Pope’s prayer intention is: “That the Christians of the West may constantly increase their knowledge and appreciation of the spirituality and liturgical traditions of the Oriental Churches.”

His missionary intention is: “That the Church in America, celebrating the Second American Missionary Congress in Guatemala, may be inspired to more generous evangelizing activity even beyond her own frontiers.”