For Christians in areas of conflict: Let us pray that Christians living in areas of war or conflict, especially in the Middle East, might be seeds of peace, reconciliation, and hope.
Let us pray that all people may uphold the sanctity of human life from conception, reject abortion and contraceptive practices contrary to God’s plan for life and family, and receive children as His precious gifts.
Cardinal Poola Anthony, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India), was born on 15 November 1961 in Poluru, in the diocese of Kurnool. After attending the minor seminary in Nuzvid, he studied at Saint Peter’s Pontifical Seminary in Bangalore.
He received priestly ordination on 20 February 1992 and was incardinated in the diocese of Cuddapah.