Instead, they got to work, reciting a prayer for each seed they planted. Once again, their devotion to the land, their love of farming, and their desire to provide for as many people as they could ...

Mourners pray for peace in Gaza, release of remaining Israeli hostages one year after Oct. 7 In the north suburbs, a crowd of 1,200 honors the victims of Oct. 7 and pledges solidarity with Israel.

People across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip have marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes, with little hope the war with Israel will end ...

In the month devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Lansing Bishop Earl Boyea calls Catholics to prayer, fasting and almsgiving for the suffering in the Holy Land.