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 bishops' ...

There was a time, the Rev. Laurence Freeman says, when meditation was taboo in much of Christianity. "Protestants thought it was too Catholic, and Catholics thought it was too Protestant in that it ...

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, ...

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 ...

A handful of men and women sat in a semicircle in the chapel at St. Thomas More Student Parish. With their eyes closed and hands in their laps, they listened to soft music playing in the background ...

I knew that Rowan Williams, once the Archbishop of Canterbury, knew a lot about Eastern Christian practice, but I did not know that he begins his day with the Jesus Prayer. More: Readers of Salinger’s ...

Biblewithlife has announced the launch of its YouTube channel, combining spiritual music with professional cinematography to ...

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, ...

Good Friday is a day to where Christians reflect on the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made to give humanity life after death. The emotional day is linked to a devastating moment in Christian history: the ...

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 ...