As Catholics prepare to enter All Souls’ Month in November, diocesan priests and parishioners suggest ways to pray for the dead both in November and throughout the year.

Trauma and tragedy are an inescapable reality of life. The question is not if we will face them, but when. Though they are often hard to anticipate, the Bible teaches us not to be surprised when they ...

Prayer, as petition or worship, is practiced in as many forms as the human imagination allows. This Sunday’s readings ...

Talking to God seems like it should be as easy as falling off a log. But often it can feel more like climbing a cliff. Even the most spiritually gifted can find their prayer dry, as we know from the ...

Council meetings in Elmwood Park begin with a prayer. That's the way it's been for years, says Mayor Robert Colletti, and it's the same in many places in North Jersey. “We want to uphold these ...

MT. COMFORT — Some will sit in chairs, heads bowed. Some will walk about the room. Others will read unsigned requests laid on the stage. The mechanics look different among the people who will gather ...

It may take only 25 seconds, but the invocations for this weekend’s races will be packed with powerful prayers. Prior to the start of the XFinity Series Powershares QQQ 300 race Saturday, Feb. 25, and ...

Eid al-Fitr, the three-day holiday marking the end of the monthlong fast for Ramadan, begins Sunday, with in-home prayers substituting for communal prayers at mosques because of the coronavirus ...