Pope Benedict XVI said at the June 1 general audience that intercessory prayer helps us to grow in deeper knowledge of God and his mercy and makes us more capable of loving others in a ...

For St. Teresa, holiness begins not in lofty thoughts but in daily conversation with the One who loves us most.

How has God ministered to you through the intercessory prayers of others? Who can you encourage with a prayer card today?

A recent call to a locksmith led to more than I bargained for: a discussion of the Virgin Mary and intercessory prayer. I'd been testing keys from a box left by our new church's former owners when ...

Some questions just will not die. “Why is there something instead of nothing?” is a perennial. Perhaps the second-most persistent question is this: “Is yawning contagious?” or “Why is yawning ...

Health and religion have always been intertwined, most obviously through prayer on behalf of the sick. Does intercessory prayer for sick people actually help heal them? For thousands of years some ...

Can prayer boost the odds of recovery from physical ailments? Studies on the question have yielded no clear-cut answers, although one well-known, 2006 study of people who prayed for others from long ...