At the Fairfax Community Church in Virginia, the faithful regularly pray for ailing strangers. Same goes at the Adas Israel synagogue in Washington and the Islamic Center of Maryland in Gaithersburg.

Saying a prayer may help many people feel less angry and behave less aggressively after someone has left them fuming, new research suggests. A series of studies showed that people who were provoked by ...

You are invited to take part in a research project on prayer in the Protestant Church. The study requires you to spend approximately two hours each in two classes, six weeks apart, and to practice a ...

"An hour of study, for a modern apostle, is an hour of prayer." That's what one saint, Opus Dei founder St. Josemaria Escriva, said in one of his books. We have to acknowledge the divine wisdom of ...

Can praying be good for your health? A decade ago, most doctors and scientists would have dismissed any connection between prayer and medicine. However, recent studies drawing a positive connection ...

BOSTON, Oct. 31, 2001 — -- A new study released today in the American Heart Journal says prayer helps the heart when combined with mainstream medical procedures. Duke researchers studied 150 ...

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