During his general audience on Jan. 21, which took place during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Benedict XVI urged Christians around the world to pray and work for full unity among Christ ...

Pastor David Brague of the Second Presbyterian Church welcomes Christians to the Prayer for Christian Unity. Msgr. John Bendik of St. John the Evangelist Church offers the prayers of penitence.

The model prayer, often called the Lord's Prayer, appears in two places in the Bible — Matthew 6:9-13, part of the Sermon on ...

Pope John Paul II met with 4,000 pilgrims during his general audience Jan. 21 and encouraged Christians everywhere to seek Christ's own peace during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which is ...

Prayer is a vulnerable project. Step back a moment to consider the audacity of the thing: In prayer, meager human beings set out to connect our hearts, minds, strengths and souls with the source of ...

Rae Woodward, left, and Carrie Woodward sing along during a prayer worship service Thursday on the 70th National Day of Prayer on the lawn of the Daviess County Courthouse in Owensboro, Ky. (alan ...

In a world that sometimes seems fractured and divisive, Pastor Dennis Chasteen of Hope First Baptist looks forward to the National Day of Prayer on the first Thursday in May every year. “It’s ...

U.S. soldiers were fighting in Korea when President Harry S. Truman signed a congressional resolution calling for an annual National Day of Prayer. The purpose was for people to gather in houses of ...