Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

I was reading the research literature and came across something interesting about prayer.Just last month five researchers published their findings on studies they had conducted on prayer. In a journal ...

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.

Plus: Justice Sunday 2 (This time, it’s personal), Kenyan Catholic bishop murdered; college eliminates chaplaincy, and other stories from online sources around the world. Little surprise in new Duke ...

(RNS) Just because interfaith, interracial and varied ethnic groups share a common cause doesn’t mean a diverse coalition can hang together. It often takes prayer. And not just a “Bless this group, ...

The largest medical study of the efficacy of intercessory prayer in healing has found it has no effect on patients’ recoveries from heart-bypass surgery, researchers announced in late March. Patients ...

A series of studies examined the power of prayer and found that benevolent prayers can be an effective way to control our anger and aggressive impulses. The Studies In the first study, participants ...