Pope Leo XIV opened 2026 on Thursday with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries "bloodied by conflict" and families wounded by violence. Leo celebrated a New Year's Day Mass in St.

The General Authority for Islamic Affairs, Endowments, and Zakat has announced that starting January 2026, Friday sermons and prayers across all UAE mosques will begin at 12:45 pm. Worshippers are ...

Dharmendra's prayer meet, held on November 27 at Taj Lands End in Mumbai, brought together members of the film fraternity who arrived to pay tribute to the legendary actor. At the entrance, Dharmendra ...

Pope Leo XIV prays the rosary during a prayer vigil for peace in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 11, 2025, in the presence of the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Credit: CNS photo/Pablo ...

President Trump said Monday his Department of Education would issue guidance to protect the right to prayer in public schools. Trump made the announcement during remarks at the Museum of the Bible to ...

GOP politicians backed by conservative media figures are seeking to turn the tables on “thoughts and prayers” after mass shootings, arguing that dismissing prayer minimizes the importance and comfort ...

1:02 Quebec to table legislation banning street prayer, minister says Quebec’s announced move to ban prayer in public spaces is being condemned by civil liberties advocates, while legal experts say it ...

Offering “thoughts and prayers” after a tragedy may sound insufficient, said Father Chris Collins, a Jesuit priest and vice president for mission at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota ...

Partisans on both sides of the political aisle are entrenched in a war of words following statements made regarding prayer and its efficacy in preventing mass shootings—part of a broader decades-long ...

Renewed debates are happening across the United States about the place of religion – especially Christianity – in public schools. An evenly divided Supreme Court recently upheld a ban on what would ...

There are plenty of reasons for invoking the help of the most powerful archangel in today’s battles against the devil. A statue of St. Michael the Archangel putting his sword back into its sheath is ...