So why these two? Why have no other prayers ever attained the stature of the “Our Father” and the “Hail Mary” in the hearts of ordinary Catholics? In his great High Priestly prayer offered ...

The phrase "lead us not into temptation" isn't right, the pontiff says, because "a father does not do this." France's Catholic Church has changed the phrase in its version of the Lord's Prayer.

Catholics, that is to say, have not necessarily been praying the Our Father wrongly, but too often we have not been praying it fully, either. While we are busy trying to get it right, we neglect ...

In his homily, Francis also reflected on the images of bread and forgiveness in the Lord's prayer, stating that when Christians ask God for "our daily bread," they are asking the Father to help ...

Pope Francis prays the Our Father with Daniel, Orthodox patriarch of Romania, in the Romanian Orthodox new cathedral in Bucharest May 31. (photo: Vatican Media/National Catholic Register) ...

When the election of Pope Leo XIV was announced on May 8, I hung a banner outside our home to celebrate with the rest of the Christian world. The unexpected appointment of an American pontiff from ...

Pope Francis prayed for migrants and refugees with the delegates of the Synod on Synodality just after sunset on Thursday evening. The simple, 25-minute prayer service took place in a quiet St ...

Get ready for a few stumbles at Christmas Mass during the Our Father. Pope Francis reportedly approved changes to the wording of the Lord's Prayer, also known as the Our Father.

Photo: Getty Images In “ Donald Trump Has a Prayer ” (Houses of Worship, Oct. 11), Raymond J. de Souza notes the resurgence of reciting the St. Michael prayer after Mass.

Chosen by the Cardinal-electors Thursday May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, became the new pope of the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis April 21, 2025.

Pope Francis approves changes to words of Lord’s Prayer: Reports The pope said he thought the English translation of one passage in the prayer, also known as the Our Father, was not correct.

Close to 1,000 eighth-grade students, from 22 Staten Island Catholic elementary schools, packed the pews of Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church in Huguenot to pray for their future as they ...