On the World Day of Prayer and Fasting held on the Oct. 7 feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Pope Francis addressed a letter to Catholics in the Middle East on the one-year anniversary of Hamas ...

Catholics around the world are gathering for the commencement of the 32nd annual International Week of Prayer and Fasting (IWOPF ... followed by a three-day virtual speaker series.

2, 2024. (photo: Daniel Ibanez / EWTN) Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican October 2, 2024 Pope Francis has called for a global day of prayer and fasting on Oct. 7 to mark the one-year anniversary of the ...

has invited the faithful to participate in a day of prayer and fasting on Oct. 7, one year after Hamas launched its brutal surprise attack on Israel. “The month of October is approaching ...

"And, the following day, October 7, I ask everyone to experience a day of prayer and fasting for peace in the world", he said at the end of the homily of the mass in St. Peter's Square for the ...

On this first anniversary, Pope Francis called for a global day of prayer and fasting for peace. He made this announcement shortly after the launching of hundreds of missiles by Iran toward Israel in ...

Millets, buckwheat flour, sabudana or sago, water chestnut flour, potatoes, sweet potato, bottle gourd, arbi, pumpkin, spinach, bottle gourd, cucumber and carrots are some of the foods that people eat ...

Pope Francis has called for Oct. 7, the first anniversary of when Hamas attacked Israel, killing nearly 1,200 people and taking over 250 hostages in Gaza, as a day marked for prayer and fasting for ...

IOWA CITY —The 40 Days for Life campaign is an opportunity for Christians worldwide to come together and pray outside abortion clinics. It’s “a peaceful vigil of prayer and fasting for 40 days with ...

The Archdiocese of Agana is joining Pope Francis in calling for a day of prayer and fasting on Oct. 7, the one-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war. On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas launched a massive ...

7 day of prayer and fasting for peace. In a recent statement, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, noted that “for the past year the Holy Land, and not only ...

This article will explain the practice of water fasting and detail the potential benefits and risks associated with it. Water fasting is abstaining from eating food while continuing to drink water ...