Studying the efficacy of prayer is a sensitive topic: Depending on where you come from, you can either consider it offensive even to try to apply a scientific method to a spiritual process, or you can ...

Praying at church or home for an individual's or group's wellbeing is just fine, but sometimes it's more effective do it in person, some religious leaders say. "There is something powerful about being ...

The Northern Inter-Faith and Religious Organization says it has concluded plans to hold an intercessory night of prayers, supplication and thanksgiving for the nation and for President Muhammadu ...

Health and religion have always been intertwined, most obviously through prayer on behalf of the sick. Does intercessory prayer for sick people actually help heal them? For thousands of years some ...

A new study published in The Annals of Family Medicine found that adult patients experienced significant pain and anxiety ...

Fervent prayers have been said for the success of Black Stars Coach Akwasi Appiah at the ongoing AFCON 2013. The spiritual event was held at the Winning Ways Church at Patase, Kumasi, the Ashanti ...

Does praying for a sick person's recovery do any good? In the largest scientific test of its kind, heart surgery patients showed no benefit when strangers prayed for their recovery. And patients who ...

In Late October, as the “perfect storm” that was Hurricane Sandy came barreling toward the northeast coast, my wife and I were in Atlanta watching the Weather Channel with mounting concern. Our ...

The National Inter-Faith and Religious Organizations for Peace (NIFROP) says day 19 of its ongoing 21-day intercessory prayers is dedicated to praying for President Muhammadu Buhari and the nation’s ...