When someone you care about is sick, it can be difficult to find the right words to comfort them. Prayer can be a powerful way to offer support, bringing peace, strength and sometimes, hope, to both ...

Sister Maria Eden Loyola, OSC, of the Poor Clare Monastery in Langhorne, is showing significant signs of recovery following a ...

Psalm 41:3 says, "The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness." This Bible verse encapsulates what faith in God can provide in the toughest of times: comfort, ...

A South Tampa neighborhood is uniting in prayer for five-year-old Laine Nipper, who is fighting for her life after being ...

In previous posts, I’ve noted problems with how most research on prayer for healing has been conducted. Researchers have attempted to design double-blinded, controlled trials of distant intercessory ...

(RNS) The vast majority of Americans have prayed for the healing of others and more than 1 in 4 have practiced the laying on of hands, a Baylor University expert reports. “Outside of belief in God, ...

Interreligious leaders pray for Pope Francis’s health at the Mahabodhi Buddhist temple, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 25, 2025. (Credit: Rev Jude Chryshantha, National Director, Social Communication.

The Early Show takes a look at the power of prayer in its latest Living Longer Better series. Recent studies indicate that prayer can improve lives, something that is hotly debated in the medical ...

Between us, my wife and I have buried three of our parents. This is the way of the world. Everyone should be blessed to bury their parents, as the alternative is tragic. The circumstances surrounding ...