EDITORIAL: Just as European Christians prayed the Rosary and fasted to be freed from the repressive Ottoman Empire, we need to employ the same strategy for peace in the Middle East and elsewhere.

Fasting, argues Hickey, is an integral Christian discipline that has been neglected in our time—particularly in the Protestant tradition. An evangelist with her own television show and magazine, ...

Each year as we approach Lent, I think about our call to prayer, almsgiving, and fasting to help us prepare for the celebration of Easter. I reflect on the power of prayer in my own life as a source ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Calls for prayer and fasting have once again sounded from the Louisiana Governor’s office as Covid-19 continues to endanger lives in the state. “I believe very strongly in the power ...

''As our Earth continues to be wounded by wars in the Holy Land, in Ukraine, and in many other regions of the world, I invite all the faithful to live the day of August 22 in fasting and prayer, ...

In a recent column I used the account of Esther in the Old Testament as an illustration of allowing God to prevail in one’s life. Her story also illustrates the power of fasting and prayer. Esther was ...

(RNS — We shouldn’t be surprised that an election that has come to be about race and culture is also the first in which the sitting president refuses to agree to a peaceful transfer of power. Both of ...

Dr. Pompa simplifies the complex biological mechanisms activated by fasting that lead to its health benefits. During fasting, the body transitions into autophagy, or what Dr. Pompa refers to as the ...

Welcome to your regular column. Last week, I tried to explain what fasting is all about. Fasting, I said, is a big-time business with high-level profiting. It is not just staying away from food, which ...