Reciting a prayer before meals is also traditional in other religions, including Islam, ... Anne-Marie Dole, 56, has been saying the same Catholic grace since she was a child, ...

The infrequency of prayer by millennials was not simply a matter of decreased Mass attendance. When millennials who attended Mass regularly were compared with regular Mass-going Catholic women of ...

This morning I found myself leading a discussion on whether contemporary Christianity has anything in common with the progressive traditions of humanism and tolerance. None of my classmates from ...

Regardless of religion, there's a prayer of thanks that can be offered before any Thanksgiving meal. Thanksgiving is when revelers come together to share what they’re grateful for, regardless of ...

The eucharistic prayer is the most important and least understood prayer in the Catholic Mass. Most Catholics see it as the priest's prayer that is centered on the consecration of the bread and ...

Most nights of my childhood, my parents and my siblings and I sat down to dinner together, and my father said the Catholic version of the prayer before meals: “Bless us, Oh Lord, and these thy ...

Growing up Catholic, I always said grace with my family before having a meal. These days, the notion of me saying a pre-meal prayer feels a little disingenuous, given the way my religious beliefs ...

EWTN News, Inc. is the world’s largest Catholic news organization, ... “This includes daily Mass, the Rosary, prayer before meals, reading religious books and confession,” he noted.

Students can pray on their own or say grace before meals with friends and others, but they cannot impose prayer on others. Nor can the school itself. Discrimination against Catholics ...