Researchers report that alternate-day fasting can help reduce body mass and fat mass but may also lower a person’s muscle ...

An Atlanta church with a viral pastor has grown from less than 200 weekly churchgoers in 2023 to about 6,000 today.

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has called on residents of the State to observe a voluntary fasting and prayer on Monday to seek Allah’s guidance amid renewed security challenges. In a ...

Many Christians, especially Catholics, fast during Lent to imitate Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness and to cultivate repentance, humility, and deeper dependence on God. It’s a season of spiritual ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, is a day of fasting, prayer and repentance. In 2025, Yom Kippur begins at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 1, and ends at nightfall on Thursday, Oct. 2.

The Zion Prayer Movement Outreach has dismissed as false a viral YouTube video claiming its Spiritual Director, Evangelist Ebuka Obi, was attacked by gunmen during the commissioning of a free hospital ...

Lauren Daigle shared her plans to pray and fast for the rest of September in response to the Charlie Kirk shooting and the unrest sweeping across our country. “As I have taken time to ask God what to ...

Days after the president says the Education Department will soon issue new guidance protecting the right to prayer in public schools, Gov. Lee is asking Tennesseans to observe a day of prayer. ‘Must ...

Legal scholars and pastors consider the president’s call for the formation of prayer groups for the nation. This week the White House issued detailed prayer guidance, urging Americans to pray an hour ...

Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.) Listen On Friday, Catholics have been called to pray and fast ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV has called on the faithful to observe Friday, Aug. 22, the Feast of Mary the Queen, as a day of fasting and prayer for world peace. Speaking at his weekly general audience ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV e couraged people to fast on Friday and dspray for peace and justice in the Middle East and Ukraine, issuing a special appeal as he returned to the Vatican from summer ...