Faith healing, using religious belief and prayer rather than medical treatment to cure one's ills, is a controversial topic. This week's clergy look to Scripture to shed light on the concept. Rabbi ...

Linda Martin grew up with death. As a child, she would see friends at church one week and then never again, she said. When the community’s elders gathered at someone’s home, she assumed the worst: ...

DETROIT – Each Wednesday, more than 250 people attend the Blessing of the Sick service at the Solanus Casey Center on Detroit’s east side. They pray for the healing of themselves or people they love.

Three experts–the Rev. George Handzo, a chaplain with the HealthCare Chaplaincy of New York City; Dr. Andrew Newberg, a radiologist and psychiatrist at the University of Pennsylvania; and Dr. Richard ...

Throughout centuries of conflict, discrimination and persecution, religious believers have relied on faith and prayer to guide them. Religious leaders are now seeking answers from the past to cope ...

His subordinate priests last week commanded elderly Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, to write them out an Office for faith healing. They want him to prescribe what unctions to use, how to ...

In a world where grief often feels like an unrelenting storm, Tori Dixon stands as a beacon of light, guiding others through the valleys of loss and transition. A Licensed Professional Counselor, ...

In my previous post, I discussed whether antidepressants work mainly via suggestion, or the placebo effect. A placebo resembles faith healing. Yet faith healing is usually considered more a matter of ...

President Biden's support for abortion rights is at center of Catholic debate. On his quest to heal a divided America, Joe Biden may first have to confront bitter division over his presidency from ...

In my previous post, I discussed whether antidepressants work mainly via suggestion, or the placebo effect. A placebo resembles faith healing. Yet faith healing is usually considered more a matter of ...