This year’s World Day of Prayer, which dates back to the 19th century and was first organized by a group of Christians committed to global missionary work, comes at a much-needed time in history.

This began in the early 19th century and started what we know today as “light pollution.” When we look up at the sky, we no longer see the beauty of the stars.

She said the origins of World Day of Prayer date back to the 19th century when Christian women of the United States and Canada started working on activities in support of missionary women at home ...

This year's commemoration of World Day of Prayer, an annual event in which women across the globe observe a day of prayer on the first Friday in March, focuses on the "loaves and the fishes" passage ...

There is a $5 charge. World Day of Prayer is a global ecumenical movement led by Christian women who welcome you to join in prayer and action for peace and justice.

Suggest Feb. 8 -- the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese slave who found freedom in Italy and became a nun in the 19th century -- as the best day.

As the first building to be built from an iron frame, the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings in England is a forerunner of all iron- and steel-framed towers. Now, its custodians want people to know that.

The prayer day will be celebrated annually on September 1, in line with the Orthodox Church’s day for the protection of the environment, the pope said in the newly released letter.

It commenced when women in the United States and Canada organised prayer on a specific day that focused on the needs of women around the world. More than a century later, it's now celebrated ...

It’s exquisite, this little 19th-century Christian prayer book — not the least because its pious and conventional appearance disguises a breathtakingly innovative idea. The petite volum… ...

The World Day of Prayer International Community has held prayer services in various countries — including the U.S., Hong Kong, and Brazil — since 1927.

Many Catholics worldwide participated in an international day of prayer and fasting Oct. 17, called for by the Church in the Holy Land.