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 can’t do this! Ironically, the moment I said those four words was the moment I finally started to get somewhere. I always knew in my head that prayer changed things, but now I know why. Prayer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

And all of you, and the things that we have to do, is to see the defining role that faith and prayer have played in the life of our nation, and we just have to look at this building and you can ...