Catholics should view the stigmata not simply as proof of one's holiness, but instead as "a comfort and sign" of God's ...

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is the traditional and well loved prayer book of the Anglican Church, used daily in homes and churches throughout the world. Its phrases and vocabulary are widely ...

Why it's a good choice: One of the most sung hymns at funerals, this is really a prayer to God to stay with him in death as He did with us in life. Henry Francis Lyte, Vicar of Brixham in Devon ...

Pope Francis also greeted new seminarians from the North American College present in St. Peter’s Square, encouraging them to live their vocations with joy “because true prayer gives us joy.” ...

Visit the homepage for more information. In the Marian prayer of St. Thomas, which is always God-centered and in relation to Christ, we find an emphasis on petition, as well as emphases on ...

14, 1224, the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, just two years before his death, St. Francis was at the hermitage of La Verna, nestled in the Tuscan Apennine Mountains, for a time of prayer ...

St. Francis, deeply moved by the connection between nature and Christ’s suffering, spent extended periods in prayer on the mountain, leading to the moment when he received the stigmata.

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): (sighs) What I can do is pray. I pray a lot for peace. And also, to suggest, ...

Pope Francis and the Catholic Church on plans for the second and final session of the Vatican Synod on Synodality.

And he answered me: ‘Perhaps because I annoy him with prayer ... St. Paul VI, who in 1972 commented how “the smoke of Satan had entered through some crack” into the Church. Nor has Pope ...