A Catholic perspective on ghost stories reveals why some apparitions may be souls in Purgatory — and why the Church urges us ...

All of us want our friends to talk to us because they enjoy talking to us, not for external, opportunistic reasons. We should apply the same lesson to meditation, eating and prayer.

Reflecting on the song’s deeper meaning, Portnoy shares: "I remember asking my dad when I was a kid, ‘Why do we pray for rain here in Manchester when it’s always rainy anyway?’ He said ...

I’ll admit it: I get some agitation when I fly on a plane. Getting inside that metal tube is where I have rediscovered prayer ...

I still believe almost 50 years later that my father was divinely healed. I was there. I saw it. But I also believe that what happened to him was a once-in-a-thousand-prayers miracle. A miracle of ...

We need to turn to the Lord,’” Wiese shares. The days of comfortable Christianity are over. Society is pressing in, truth is being censored and faith is under attack. But rather than despair, Wiese ...

Follow the latest coverage as President Donald Trump participates in the National Prayer Breakfast. Updates as the Senate ...

That we may learn our dependence on Him, prove our confidence in Him, and merit rewards by our patience and perseverance in prayer. Prudent persons do not grant every request; why, then ...

A. It is not allowed to pray to the crucifix or images and relics of the saints, for they have no life, nor power to help us, nor sense to hear us. Q. 1216. Why do we pray before the crucifix and ...

Chaplains work with hospitals, hospices, military units, legislatures, schools, sports teams, corporations, prisons and police and fire departments. Many, but not all, are ordained ministers. For most ...

Treating prayer as a teaching time instead of talking to God is likely to stem from multiple problems. The first is our perceived distance from the spiritual. We are spiritual beings ... So what will ...

My question for you is my prayer list. It just keeps growing, and I have had a difficult time reading my list and praying for ...