patron in life and at the hour of my death. Preserve and increase in me the spirit of prayer and fervor in the service of God.

Prayer for the dead is almost a battle with the reality of death and destruction that weighs down upon the earthly existence of man. This is and remains a particular revelation of the Resurrection.

Joining the Pope, Catholic clergy around the country offered prayers for the deceased and condolences for victims’ loved ones ...

South Carolina executed death row inmates on Sept. 20 and Nov. 1 and will execute a third on Friday. Deana Lattanzio shares why she prays for them.

After I published that story, the Brethren circulated their monthly Prayer Agenda ... I reported the apparent death threat against the woman to the police. I still do not know if anyone was ...

"This Christmas carries the stench of death and destruction," said George ... What cruelty," the pope said after his weekly Angelus prayer on Sunday. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar had ...