St. John of the Cross (1542-1591) is a Doctor of the Church and a spiritual giant. His life commitment to prayer and writing about prayer will be forever cherished in the Catholic tradition. Prayer is ...

How to pray effectively is one of the most important lessons every Christian must learn because prayer is the foundation of a strong walk with God. Many believers want to grow deeper in prayer but ...

(RNS) Just because interfaith, interracial and varied ethnic groups share a common cause doesn’t mean a diverse coalition can hang together. It often takes prayer. And not just a “Bless this group, ...

A LOT of studies on intercessory prayer have been published in recent years. This research has returned mixed results. Some studies conclude that prayer improves health, while others show no effect—or ...

When Americans experience health problems, they don’t just rely on doctors and medications. A new study found that most Americans have turned to prayer to heal themselves and others. The study found ...

Meditation and prayer can heal. Now, this statement is garnering support from survey studies: a research work published by the Journal of Religion and Health suggested that prayer leads to ...

When a landmark study suggests that intercessory prayer may actually hurt patients instead of help them, you have to wonder. Should your doctor prescribe prayer as part of your treatment? According to ...

With most health experts saying a coronavirus vaccine is likely more than a year away, a cardiologist at the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute has begun a scientific study to see if something called ...

The largest medical study of the efficacy of intercessory prayer in healing has found that it has no effect on patients’ recovery from heart-bypass surgery, researchers announced on Thursday. Patients ...