Praying at church or home for an individual's or group's wellbeing is just fine, but sometimes it's more effective do it in person, some religious leaders say. "There is something powerful about being ...

In at least 3 paragraphs in the article, [1] Professor Gaudia asserts that God "does not exist in the material world" and "cannot be part of the physical universe." Those statements should be ...

A friend recently gave me language I didn’t know I needed: “communion of the helpless.” We were talking about intercessory prayer, pondering the mysteries of a practice so familiar yet sometimes so ...

Pope Benedict XVI said at the June 1 general audience that intercessory prayer helps us to grow in deeper knowledge of God and his mercy and makes us more capable of loving others in a ...

Some questions just will not die. “Why is there something instead of nothing?” is a perennial. Perhaps the second-most persistent question is this: “Is yawning contagious?” or “Why is yawning ...