In the New Testament, the writer James makes a thrilling promise: "Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in ...

I still believe almost 50 years later that my father was divinely healed. I was there. I saw it. But I also believe that what happened to him was a once-in-a-thousand-prayers miracle. A miracle of ...

One theme that stands out clearly is the inscrutability and transcendence of God. In a passage in the book of Isaiah, God ...

The sick person answers "Amen." All who wish to do so receive Communion in the usual way. After a time of silence, the minister says the following or another prayer: Viaticum is the sacrament of ...

Linda Kumar is hurting but hopeful.And though she has good reason to complain, the lifelong Catholic and St. Bernadette ...

But increasingly, scientists are studying the power of prayer, and in particular its role in healing people who are sick. Most research in the field looks at how people who are sick are affected ...

The procession typically draws massive numbers of largely poor Catholics who pray for the sick and a better life. Gaspar Espinocilla, a 56-year-old Manila city employee and a devotee of Jesus ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Public rosaries to pray for the sick will be held 6:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at St. Clement Roman Catholic Church, 114 Lindberg Ave., Upper Yoder Township, and noon Feb. 15 in the St ...