The bishop recommended several basic Catholic prayers. He explained that the Lord’s Prayer , or Our Father, “is so central to the faith that it’s said at every Mass.” ...

Catholic families: strong on prayer, weak on sacraments (RNS) They skip sacraments, and Mass, too, but a new survey of Catholic parents finds some encouraging nuggets: “They still have a ...

The Catechism begins: “Blessing expresses the basic movement of Christian prayer: it is an encounter between God and man.In blessing, God’s gift and man’s acceptance of it are united in ...

Another basic prayer, the Hail Mary, is also important, he bishop said, ... Michelle La Rosa is deputy editor-in-chief of Catholic News Agency. She has worked for CNA since 2011.

I’ll not comment on the particular elements of the Our Father — here’s a good commentaryalong with other basic Catholic prayers, in case you want to (re)learn “how to pray.” ...

The five basic forms of prayer The acronym close acronym A word formed from the initial letters of other words. ACTS is used to remember four key components that are found in many formal prayers.

Vatican City (Fides ) - For centuries Latin has been the official language of the Catholic Church especially in her prayers. The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), in its first document, Constitution ...