As they proceed for the prayer Muslims recite Takbeerat in praise of Allah. A mandatory charity known as Zakat Al Fitr is collected before the prayer begins and distributed and shared with the poor.

I was given The Way of a Pilgrim by a hermit when, like the Russian Pilgrim who narrates the story, I’d asked how it was ...

God of mercy, we pray for all people affected by the earthquake in Myanmar. Enfold them in your love and console them in their grief as they mourn the death of loved ones and the destruction of their ...

Pope Francis has called confessors participating in an annual course in the Vatican “ministers of mercy” and urged them to ...

On the feast of Pentecost in May 2024, Father Jim Perkl, pastor of Mary, Mother of the Church in Burnsville, began thinking about the creation of an icon to complete a series at his parish on the main ...