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Pope Leo XIV prays during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV calls for fasting and prayer for peace on Friday, Aug. 22

Aug 21, 2025

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Pope Leo XIV has called for a day of fasting and prayer for peace on Friday, Aug. 22, coinciding with... Read more

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Oct. 18, 2023.

7 ways to participate in day of prayer and fasting called for by Pope Francis

Oct 26, 2023

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Holy Land, Pope Francis has called for a day of prayer and fasting... Read more

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Syrian Minister of Culture Mohammed Saleh with Islamic chanter Al-Mu’tasim Billah Al-Assali inside St. Ananias Orthodix Church in Damascus, Syria. Billah Al-Assali performed an Islamic hymn with lyrics that directly contradict Christian beliefs.

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Bernhard Scholz is president of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, also known as the Rimini meeting, which offers an extensive program of activities (political, economic, cultural, etc.) that brings thousands of people from various religions and walks of life each year during the last week of August to the town of Rimini on Italy’s Adriatic coast.

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James Dobson during an event marking the National Day of Prayer in the East Room of the White House on May 1, 2008, in Washington, D.C.

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Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, speaks with “EWTN News Nightly” on March 4, 2025.

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Flowers stand before Knock Shrine in Knock, Ireland, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025

Knock Shrine in Ireland draws pilgrims with confessions, healings, and message of hope

Pope Leo XIV prays during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV calls for fasting and prayer for peace on Friday, Aug. 22

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas Capitol.

Federal judge blocks Texas from displaying Ten Commandments in public schools

View of the Greek island of Syros.

Greek prosecutors charge Catholic clerics, civilians in 3 million euro embezzlement case

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