Prayer possesses a mysterious power that operates beyond the visible realm of answered requests and miraculous interventions. While many approach prayer primarily as a means to change their ...

Leaders from Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa offer guidance on interceding for believers suffering for their faith. Each November, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) calls for an ...

It’s a difficult thing to share one’s faith with a stranger. It is more difficult perhaps to share one’s faith with a person who already knows all the ways in which you fall short. It’s hard to be a ...

Learning how to pray the rosary can bless and benefit your life, even if you're not Catholic — or not that religious at all. How does that work? If you’re anything like me and about 26 percent of ...

"Augustine gives some wonderful guidelines and hints, if you will, about how our prayer can really be meaningful," Pope Leo ...

People fear that negative energies, words spoken, or invisible influences will hurt their lives. These feelings can cause ...

The test of such a day is not how exhilarated we feel when the day is over but how it works into life tomorrow. —Lorne C. Sanny “I never thought a day could make such a difference,” a friend said to ...

Cebu City, PHILIPPINES — On this Second Sunday or Octave Day of Easter, Catholics celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. The day’s ...

Christians are accustomed to thinking about life in terms of loving God and loving neighbor. These are, after all, the greatest commandments. The neighbors that come readiest to mind are human ...

Prayers for the faithful departed are not just for All Souls’ Day or the month of November. The Sacred Scriptures (2 Maccabees 12:45) and the Church (CCC 958) remind Catholics of the importance of ...