On Friday night, the Vatican hosted an ecumenical prayer service commemorating both the opening of the Second Vatican Council in 1962 and the feast day of Pope St. John XXIII, who opened the council.

The ecumenical prayer vigil Oct. 11 was held in Roman Protomartyrs Square inside Vatican City. The square is believed to be at the site where St. Peter and other first Christian martyrs of ...

Pope Francis has decided the next world Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, which will take place in October 2022, will have the theme: "For a synodal church: Communion, participation and mission." ...

Formal worship spaces were expanded in 2006 with the creation of a dedicated Muslim Prayer Suite. (Worship previously took place in other shared campus spaces.) This Suite is now the central place for ...

Library Feasts of the Church Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha Pentecostarion Sunday Of The Fathers Of The First Ecumenical Council The seventh Sunday after the Feast of Holy Pascha is observed by the ...

2) Salah (ritual prayer) Salah or ritual prayer is an essential aspect of Islamic worship and involves conforming to the will of Allah. Muslims pray five times a day, facing the Kaaba in Mecca ...

May God grant us the wisdom to act promptly." The Ecumenical Patriarch has persistently proclaimed the primacy of spiritual values in determining environmental ethics and action. To this end, he has ...

Finding times and places to do this can often seem a luxury in the hectic pace of contemporary life. This Prayer Map identifies several sites on the Boston College campuses where members of our ...

Please verify your email address. The Prayer Room Key is a Key Item introduced in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. Iron key with an engraved crest. Opens the door to the prayer room in the house ...

Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency’s senior Vatican correspondent. After growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, she earned a degree in English from Truman State University in Missouri. In 2016 ...