NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A religious order in New York is offering what you could call "faith at your fingertips." The Franciscan Friars are now accepting prayer requests by text message. At the church ...

The largest largest group of Franciscan friars in the United States is offering the faithful a new way to pray in the digital age by accepting prayer requests via text messages. The Friars of Holy ...

With her mother in the hospital for the second time in a matter of weeks, Aime O’Donovan felt the understandable need to connect with a higher being. So she reached for her cellphone and tapped out a ...

Roman Catholics saw some changes in Mass starting Sunday, after prayer texts were re-translated from Latin to English. The new prayer translations more closely reflect the original Latin texts. Father ...

YOUNG Christians should send daily prayer messages by text, Twitter or e-mail, Ireland's leading Catholic churchman said yesterday. Cardinal Sean Brady was speaking yesterday in Attymass, Co Mayo, ...

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MANILA, Philippines — The Catholic Church called for prayers for Pope Francis as the pontiff remains in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital due to a respiratory infection, involving the onset of double pneumonia.

The Jesus Prayer is a brief but profound appeal to God, expressing repentance and a request for mercy. In the Orthodox tradition, this prayer is considered one of the most powerful, helping to cleanse ...