We are told that one should pray for: believers, community, compassion, courage, deliverance, an end to poverty, endurance, our enemies, everyone, financial stability ...

The National Day of Prayer is today, May 4, 2023, when the nation’s faithful renew prayer lives, turn to God with heartfelt requests for this country and also give thanks for all we have as Americans, ...

Q: I was raised and attended Catholic schools in my early days, we were taught to pray and that God could do anything. I truly believed that then. Today, 70 years later, I am not so sure. I believe ...

As we seek to know more about prayer, we can turn to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. While there are many primary sources on prayer and many secondary sources that give helpful summaries of ...

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 ...

Once he met her, he said, "I found myself capturing yet again the emotions, the reverence, that I had for my faith as a teenager. And I knew that I'd missed it so very much." It's no wonder that ...

Presidents have been inviting Americans to pray for their country since George Washington took office. Thomas Jefferson was an exception, opposing any declaration of a National Day of Prayer because ...

A family prays next to a relative’s grave in a cemetery during All Souls’ Day in Khartoum, Sudan, in this Nov. 11, 2014. (Credit: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters via CNS.) Listen As Catholic ...

As we bid farewell to the year, we take a moment to reflect and say, Alhamdulillah, This past year has been a journey filled with hope, guidance, and growth. It was a year like no other, one where we ...