Amid rising global tensions, our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, has invited the faithful throughout the world to unite in prayer for peace on April 11.
Bishop Gruss joins his brother bishops across the United States by encouraging the people of the Diocese of Saginaw to respond to the call.
Bishop Gruss Statement:
"During his “urbi et irbi” (“to the city and the world”) message on Easter Sunday, the Holy Father called for a prayer vigil for peace to be held Saturday at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Responding to that call, I would ask that the priests, the laity, and all people yearning for true and lasting peace to join the Holy Father’s Vigil for peace, whether virtually on Saturday (April 11), or sometime during the next week in your parishes, in your families – in your churches before the Lord present in the Blessed Sacrament or in the quiet of your hearts. Let us all join our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, in praying for peace throughout the world."