Pope Leo XIV made that invitation in his prayer intention for July 2025, released in The Pope Video, which accompanies his ...

In order to pray BOLD prayers, you’ve got to be willing to ask God to search you, break you and send you. It’s in those times ...

During the summer, many parishioners from inland parishes take time to relax and recharge. Some head down the shore to ...

Dear Annie: I am 40 years old, and my husband is 44. When we first got together, he treated me well, but things changed. Now, ...

Pope Leo XIV also noted the Day of Prayer for the Church in China, observed every May 24, which coincides with the liturgical memorial of Mary Help of Christians, especially venerated at the ...

For the rest of my 11 months, whenever my mind wandered, I’d close my prayer book and close my eyes and try a little wow-please-thank you. It did not instantly transform me into a believer.

April 21, 2025 at 2:32pm BST The Church of England’s most senior bishop has recalled how meeting the Pope and saying the Lord’s Prayer together “changed me”.

I hope this might help “Heartbroken” with her situation. -- Hoping to Help Dear Hoping: Thank you for your letter. Several other readers wrote in with this very suggestion.

What can we do when we don’t know what to do? We can pray. Prayer requires no formal religious observance. You need not attend a temple or church or synagogue or mosque.

“I thought you would appreciate my prayer this morning,” one of them texted the other. “God, I need to stay healthy because my husband shouldn’t have to deal with that bullshit.” “We should write a ...

It occurred to me recently, when my mind was wandering to and fro, that the Serenity Prayer is also relevant to our current problems with maintaining focused attention, which has received enormous ...