VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Wednesday that Christian meditation is a way of encountering Jesus and not “a withdrawal into ourselves.” Speaking at his general audience April 28, the pope reflected ...

You could call it a religious war of words, with the West Coast serving as one of its most intense battlegrounds. The bid to win hearts and minds pits Buddhist meditation against Christian prayer, ...

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! Today we will talk about the form of prayer called meditation. For a Christian, to “meditate” is to seek meaning: it implies placing oneself before the immense ...

MADRID — The Spanish bishops’ conference said that the “mindfulness” movement and other Eastern meditation techniques cannot be considered a “properly Christian” practice of prayer. The Spanish ...

Meditation is more than just a method of stress relief for the body, it is a way of encountering Christ in one's soul, Pope Francis said. During his weekly general audience April 28, the pope said ...

Researchers compared the immediate effects of hypnosis, mindfulness meditation, and Christian prayer on pain intensity and tolerance. The results suggested that a single session of hypnosis and ...

Between September 2005 and May 2008 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, retired pediatrician Peter Boelens helped people with depression. But he didn’t use medicine; he claimed that his cure was prayer. For ...

(RNS) — Rachael Reynolds is a busy wife and mom of three who, like many parents, suddenly has been tasked with home-schooling her children and managing the anxiety of a pandemic. Reynolds, 34, also is ...

Many British Columbians are open to allowing both mindfulness meditation and Christian prayer in public schools, according to a poll conducted for Postmedia News. There is little enthusiasm, though, ...