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Some Praise, Some Doubts as Facebook Rolls Out a Prayer Tool
Facebook already asks for your thoughts. Now it wants your prayers. The social media giant has rolled out a new prayer request feature, a tool embraced by some religious leaders as a cutting-edge way to engage the faithful online.
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Inauguration Week Prayer Event Aims to Show Christian Unity
A group of Christian leaders is preparing to meet the tense national mood in the run-up to inauguration with three days of ecumenical, nonpartisan programming organized under the umbrella of #PeaceWithJustice
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Trooper Takes a Knee, Sends a Message to Protesters in Connecticut
“She looked at me, extended her hand, and asked if I would pray with her,” recalled Lt. Jack Goncalves, of the moment a protest on the interstate turned into a prayer circle. Goncalves was one of more than a half-dozen Connecticut State Police troopers who took a knee when a planned outside the Hartford Police headquarters spilled out onto Interstate…
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Pope Prays for ‘Fragile' Humanity Needing Help in Pandemic
Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis has likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare people’s illusions that they can be self-sufficient
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‘Praying for Laura': Tweet About 30-Year-Old Coronavirus Victim Strikes Chord
An author’s request for prayers for a young woman in intensive care “fighting for her life” apparently hit home for many people, drawing over 70,000 likes and 10,000 retweets.