Before the final blessing, a moment of silence was observed — as before the tomb of Jesus in the Holy Sepulcher’s edicule — to invoke the gift of peace. Local Christians pray the rosary during a ...

“You know what Our Lady said about the Rosary? That the whole world would change if everybody said it. … If my Mother says, ‘Say it,’ I’m gonna say it,” Mother Angelica once shared. The new year, ...

TOTOWA, N.J. – Father Benedict J. Groeschel, who was a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, a leading anti-abortion figure and popular author, retreat master, and preacher, died Oct. 3 at ...

This past weekend, Franciscan friars in Jerusalem gathered together with the faithful for two prayer services dedicated especially to peace, marking one week since war erupted between Israel and Hamas ...