Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, issued binding diocesan policies Sept. 12 on the "formation of ...

Teresa of Calcutta Whether you are looking to deepen your current prayer life or just beginning your prayer journey, this course provides an opportunity to reflect on the ways that we communicate with ...

OSV News spoke with Bishop Rhoades in detail about the issues outlined in his new diocesan guidelines document on gender and ...

Too often, believers view almighty God as a great cosmic Santa Claus in the sky: we think of our prayers ... will give "everything to those who ask Him," does it? No, it says that the heavenly Father ...

The term Islam means submission to the will of Allah (God) by doing what has been commanded ... and it is also recited during daily prayers. 2) Salah (ritual prayer) Salah or ritual prayer is ...

“We [Franciscans] were the original troubadours of God,” said the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal priest, known more ...

One purpose is obedience to God, because in so many different places we are urged to pray, and we are urged to pray without ceasing. So even if we were not able to explain why we should pray, we ...

The invitation to the faithful from all over the world during the Opening Mass for the second session of the Synod, held this ...

Celebrated locally and globally, Oct. 6 feast day celebrates Saint Francis of Assissi, who preached to the birds, maintained ...

Access full-text versions of our Services of Daily Prayer, which are available in both Contemporary (Common Worship) and Traditional (Book of Common Prayer) forms and for all times of the day. You can ...