VATICAN CITY – The world's top Christian leaders — Pope Francis, the archbishop of Canterbury and the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians — will come together later this month to pray ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A religious order in New York is offering what you could call "faith at your fingertips." The Franciscan Friars are now accepting prayer requests by text message. At the church ...

This month’s meeting of world religious leaders in Assisi will downplay prayer as a feature of the event and will not contain inter-religious prayers. “The emphasis this time is on pilgrimage and not ...

A Feb. 24 appeal, co-signed by the city’s mayor and five priests, called for a return to dialogue and negotiation and expressed sympathy with people suffering the consequences of war. The Basilica of ...

Pope Francis salutes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Cyril Aphrem Karim, as he arrives to the Sacro Convento of Assisi, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. Pope Francis has chatted with leaders and ...

Saint Francis of Assisi, an important figure in the Roman Catholic Church, was born into a life of wealth and luxury but traded that for a life of poverty. The exchange was made after he reportedly ...

Pope Francis will travel to Assisi on Sept. 20 to participate in the closing session of the World Day of Prayer for Peace. This event first took place 30 years ago, when St. John Paul II invited the ...

VATICAN CITY — In response to the “continuing disturbed and tense international situation,” Pope John Paul II announced at the Sunday Angelus of November 18 two spiritually dramatic initiatives. The ...

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Benedict XVI and representatives of the world's major religions will make speeches and sign a common commitment to peace when they meet in Assisi in October, but they will not pray ...

On the 60th anniversary of the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate, the pontiff joined other religious leaders in the meeting ...

Religious leaders hold oil lamps during the gathering for peace outside the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi Oct. 27. Pictured from left are: Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury; ...

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