When words aren't enough to comfort or encourage someone in sickness, lean into prayers for the sick instead. As painful as ...

When someone you care about is sick, it can be difficult to find the right words to comfort them. Prayer can be a powerful ...

The prayer for the sick is held in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere. Memorial of Blessed Giuseppe Puglisi, priest of the Church of Palermo, who was killed by mafia in 1993. A man in the crowd ...

The sick person answers "Amen." All who wish to do so receive Communion in the usual way. After a time of silence, the minister says the following or another prayer: Viaticum is the sacrament of ...

The Servants of Mary, Ministers to the Sick, deliver love and hope to seriously ill people and their families.

But increasingly, scientists are studying the power of prayer, and in particular its role in healing people who are sick. Most research in the field looks at how people who are sick are affected ...