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 ...

Sometimes I just don’t want to pray. Shouldn’t I enjoy praying? I’m a member of the Third Order of St. Dominic; prayer is our first pillar! Still, it’s hard to crack open my Divine Office every day.

Every year, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams commissions a book for the Anglican Communion to read during Lent. This year he asked Ruth Burrows—known as Sister Rachel in her Carmelite community ...

The three spiritual pillars of Lent are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Most of us try to give up something for the liturgical season that precedes Easter, and also try to be more generous. But how ...

What kind of prayer should I pray to change my situation? Many people turn to prayer guides, books, or manuals, hoping that they will show the “right” way to pray. And while these resources can be ...

Tim Tebow shared his thoughts about how Christians should approach prayers where they ask for God in success in any area of ...

Pope Francis greets a woman during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Nov. 10, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, ...

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Belarusian State Archive of Documentary Film and Photography (Wikimedia Commons) Sometimes a statement can be so wrong as to be almost right. Or ...

Excerpted from "A God That Could Be Real: Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet" The power of praying comes from daring to enter that mysterious place between the emerging God and us.